is one of the oldest and largest construction companies in Japan. Founded in 1840, the company has its headquarters in

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, Minato,

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. The company is known for its DIB-200 proposal. The company stock is traded on four leading Japanese stock exchanges and is a constituent of the

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stock index. Kajima's services include design, engineering, construction, and real estate development. Kajima builds high-rise structures, railways, power plants, dams, and bridges. Its subsidiaries are located throughout Asia, Oceania, Europe, and North America. A downturn in the construction industry during the latter half of the 1990s prompted Kajima to expand its operations to the environmental sector, specifically waste treatment, water treatment, soil rehabilitation, and environmental consulting.

History

* 1840 - Iwakichi Kajima, the founder of the present-day company begins carpentry business in Edo (present day Tokyo) * 1860 - Kajima pioneers first western-style building in

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(Ei-Ichiban Kan) * 1880 - Establishes Kajima Gumi * 1899 - Railway construction projects begin in Korea and Taiwan * 1923 - Great Kantō earthquake - Kajima participates in the reconstruction work * 1930 - Incorporation of the company (issues stock, capitalized at 3 million yen) * 1945 - Postwar reconstruction begins with Kajima's support * 1949 - Founds Kajima Technical Research Institute (the first construction research facility in Japan) * 1950 - Pioneers first joint venture with Morrison-Knudsen * 1957 - Completes Japan's first nuclear reactor (

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's Tōkai JRR-1 reactor) * 1959 - Construction of the

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begins * 1961 - The company is listed on

and

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* 1963 - Becomes world no. 1 in construction (total contract value) :::Constructs facilities for 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games * 1964 - Establishment of Kajima International Incorporated (KII) in Los Angeles, California, U.S. * 1968 - Japan's first high-rise building, the

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, is completed * 1975 - Founds PT. Waskita Kajima, as a

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with Waskita Karya * 1987 - Establishment of Kajima Europe B.V. (KE) in the Netherlands * 1988 - Establishment of Kajima Overseas Asia Pte Ltd. (KOA) in Singapore :::The

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, the world's longest tunnel, is completed * 1994 - Construction of

Kansai International Airport Kansai International Airport ( ja, 関西国際空港, Kansai Kokusai Kūkō) commonly known as is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and ...

is finalized * 1998 -

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is completed :::Bought all of Waskita Karya's share on Waskita Kajima, resulting Kajima as majority shareholder of the company. The company then renamed to Kajima Indonesia * 2001 - The

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is completed * 2002 - Hawaiian Dredging is acquired from

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. * 2003 - Establishment of Kajima (Shanghai) Construction Co., Ltd. * 2010 - Construction of Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore completed * 2011 - The company completed the construction of the

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(phase 1 and 2)

Demolition technology

The Kajima Corporation developed a building demolition technique that involves using hydraulic jacks to demolish a building one floor at a time. This method is safer, and allows for a more efficient

recycling Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. The recovery of energy from waste materials is often included in this concept. The recyclability of a material depends on its ability to reacquire the p ...

process. In the Spring of 2008, the Kajima Corporation used this technique to demolish a 17-story and 20-story building, recycling 99% of the steel and

concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wid ...

and 92% of the interior materials in the process.

Film backing

The

, built by Kajima, is the main subject of the film ''

Chōkōsō no Akebono ''Chōkōsō no Akebono'' ( ja, 超高層のあけぼの, , Dawn of the Skyscraper) is a 1969 Japanese film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan. Kajima Construction, the builder of the Kasumi ...

'', which was backed by Kajima.Schilling, Mark.
Airplane flick tells only half the story
" ''

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''. Friday November 14, 2008. Retrieved on February 19, 2010.

Scandal

On March 2, 2018, the head of a division at Kajima was arrested by an investigative team from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of having violated the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade in connection with bidding for the

Chūō Shinkansen The is a Japanese maglev line under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya, with plans for extension to Osaka. Its initial section is between Shinagawa Station in Tokyo and Nagoya Station in Nagoya, with stations in Sagamihara, Kōfu, Iida ...

maglev line. On March 23, the Fair Trade Commission issued a criminal indictment against both the head of the division and Kajima Corporation.

Footnotes

External links

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