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Corporate History
1840 Iwakichi Kajima founds a carpentry business in Edo (present-day Tokyo)
1860 Ei-Ichiban Kan
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1860 | Ei-Ichiban Kan
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1924 Ohmine Dam
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1924 | Ohmine Dam
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1963 New Tanna Tunnel
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1963 | New Tanna Tunnel
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1974 Shinjuku skyline
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1974 | Shinjuku skyline
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1998 Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
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1998 | Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
1918 Tanna Tunnel
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1918 | Tanna Tunnel
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1957 Nuclear reactor
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1957 | Nuclear reactor
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1968 Kasumigaseki Building
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1968 | Kasumigaseki Building
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1984 New Kokugikan Sumo Arena
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1984 | New Kokugikan Sumo Arena
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2003 Shiodome Tower
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2003 | Shiodome Tower
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1860 Kajima pioneers the first Western-style building in Yokohama (Ei-Ichiban Kan)
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1880 Kajima Gumi is established
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1891 Begins construction on the Usui Railway Line
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1899 Begins railway construction projects in Korea and Taiwan
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1918 Begins constructing the Tanna Tunnel (17-year project)
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1923 Participates in reconstruction work following the Great Kanto Earthquake
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1924 Completes Japan's first concrete dam (Ohmine Dam)
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1930 Incorporates (issues stock, capitalized at ¥3 million)
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1945 Begins support of postwar reconstruction
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1949 Founds the Kajima Technical Research Institute (the first research facility in Japan's construction industry)
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1950 Pioneers the first joint venture with Morrison-Knudsen of the United States
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1957 Completes Japan's first nuclear reactor
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1959 Begins construction of the Tokaido Shinkansen (Bullet Train) Line
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1961 Lists its stock on the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges
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1963 Attains the world's No. 1 construction company ranking (by total contract value)
Constructs facilities for the Tokyo Olympic Games Completes the New Tanna Tunnel for the Shinkansen
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1964 Establishes Kajima International Inc. (KII) in Los Angeles
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1968 Completes Japan's first high-rise building (the Kasumigaseki Building)
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1969 The Kajima Design Division wins the bid to construct the new Supreme Court Building in Tokyo
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1971 Completes the 47-story Keio Plaza Hotel (Japan's first super-high-rise hotel), in Tokyo's Shinjuku district
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1978 Introduces company total quality control Completes the International Trade Center in Berlin
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1982 Receives the Deming Prize
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1983 Establishes Chung-Lu Sino-Kajima Construction Co., Ltd. in Taiwan
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1984 Completes the New Kokugikan Sumo Arena in Tokyo
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1987 Establishes Kajima Europe B.V. (KE) in the Netherlands
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1988 Establishes Kajima Overseas Asia Pte Ltd (KOA) in Singapore Completes the Seikan Tunnel in Japan (world's longest tunnel)
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1994 Completes the Kansai International Airport
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1995 Renovates the Suez Canal tunnel
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1997 Completes the Tokyo Wan Aqualine Obtains ISO 9000s
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1998 Completes the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Obtains ISO 14000s
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1999 Celebrates the 160th anniversary of its establishment
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2003 Completes the Shiodome Tower in Tokyo
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2006 Completes Akihabara Crossfield in Tokyo
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