Takenaka Corporation
Takenaka Corporation is the oldest Japanese architecture, engineering and construction firm.
In 1610 Tobei Matasaka, a shrine and temple carpenter, started a business in Nagoya. The business went on like a family business and built some of the first Western-style buildings during the last half of 19th century, most of them in Nagoya. In 1899 Toemon Takenaka, 14th generation descendant of the original founder, established a branch office in Kobe and founded Takenaka Corporation as an oficial company.
The company grew more and more during the 20th century, its capital in 1909 was about ¥100.000, ¥6 million in 1938, ¥1.5 billion in 1959 and ¥50 billion in 1979; nowadays, Takenaka Corporation is a multinational company with offices in 18 different countries. Its president is Toichi Takenaka (June 2004).
Takenaka Corporation has built some of the most important buildings in Japan, like the above-commented Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Dome (the first large-scale stadium with air-supported membrane roof in Japan) or Fukuoka Dome, (Japan's first large-scale stadium with retractable roof), among others.
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