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I felt quite sad to read the fate of the top of that list > Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (株式会社金剛組 Kabushiki Gaisha Kongō Gumi) is a Japanese construction company which
by GotAnyMegadeth 9y ago
I felt quite sad to read the fate of the top of that list
> Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (株式会社金剛組 Kabushiki Gaisha Kongō Gumi) is a Japanese construction company which was the world's oldest continuously ongoing independent company, operating for over 1,400 years until it was absorbed as a subsidiary of Takamatsu in 2006.
- billmalarky 9y agoThe future of Hoshi Inn (#4 on list) is uncertain as well, see my other comment for details https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16187837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16187837
- TomMarius 9y agoIt wasn't absorbed just because, the company has collapsed.