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0 pointst-writescode4y ago0 comments

Nintendo is over 100. There are breweries with *thousand* year leases to the British Monarchy.

Lots of kinds of companies have survived major world transformations.

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laurent1234564y ago· 1 in thread

Looks like many of the oldest companies in the word are indeed Japanese. Kongo Gumi, a construction firm, dates back from 578. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies

thih94y ago

Kongō Gumi seems no longer independent though.

> In January 2006, after falling on difficult times, it became a subsidiary of the Takamatsu Construction Group.

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