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construction firm. Originating from a construction group established in Tsurumi,

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in 1908 by

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, the company was first incorporated in 1920 as Tokyo Bay Marine Works Co., Ltd, and was renamed to its present name in 1973. Tōa was one of the companies of the former

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. TOA Corporation is one of the five major coastal, marine, harbor related construction companies of Japan. Yokohama's Osanbashi Pier, Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge,

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, and

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are among the works Tōa was involved in.

References

External links

TOA Corporation website in English
{{Authority control Engineering companies based in Tokyo Construction and civil engineering companies based in Tokyo Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Fuyo Group Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1908 Japanese companies established in 1908