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1840 Iwakichi Kajima founds a carpentry business in Edo (present-day Tokyo)
1860 Ei-Ichiban Kan
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1860 | Ei-Ichiban Kan
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1963 New Tanna Tunnel
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1963 | New Tanna Tunnel
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1974 Shinjuku skyline
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1974 | Shinjuku skyline
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1998 Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
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1998 | Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
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2006 Akihabara Crossfield
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2006 | Akihabara Crossfield
1924 Ohmine Dam
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1924 | Ohmine Dam
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1968 Kasumigaseki Building
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1968 | Kasumigaseki Building
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1984 New Kokugikan Sumo Arena
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1984 | New Kokugikan Sumo Arena
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2003 Shiodome Tower
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2003 | Shiodome Tower
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2006 Toranomon Towers Residence & Office
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2006 | Toranomon Towers
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1860 Kajima pioneers Japan’s first Western-style building in Yokohama (Ei-Ichiban Kan: Jardine Matheson’s trade house)
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1891 Begins construction on the Usui Railway Line
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1899 Begins railway construction projects in Korea and Taiwan
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1918 Begins constructing the Tanna Tunnel (17-year project)
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1923 Participates in reconstruction work following the Great Kanto Earthquake
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1924 Completes Japan’s first concrete dam (Ohmine Dam)
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1945 Begins support of postwar reconstruction
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1949 Founds the Kajima Technical Research Institute (the first research facility in Japan’s construction industry)
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1950 Pioneers Japan’s first joint venture construction project in Okinawa with Morrison-Knudsen of the United States
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1957 Completes Japan’s first nuclear reactor
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1959 Begins construction of the Tokaido Shinkansen (Bullet Train) Line
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1961 Lists its stock on the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges
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1963 Attains the world’s No.1 construction company ranking (by total contract value)
Constructs stadiums for the Tokyo Olympic Games
Completes the New Tanna Tunnel for the Shinkansen
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1968 Completes Japan’s first high-rise building in Tokyo (Kasumigaseki Building)
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1971 Completes the 47-story Keio Plaza Hotel (Japan’s first high-rise hotel), in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district
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1974 Completes various high-rise office buildings in Shinjuku, Tokyo
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1978 Completes the International Trade Center in Berlin, then East Germany
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1984 Completes the New Kokugikan Sumo Arena in Tokyo
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1988 Completes the Seikan Tunnel in Japan (world’s longest tunnel of about 54 km)
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1994 Completes the Kansai International Airport, Osaka
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1995 Renovates the Suez Canal tunnel, Egypt
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1997 Completes the Tokyo Wan Aqualine
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1998 Completes the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Hyogo Prefecture
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2000 Completes AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants
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2002 Completes Saitama Stadium for 2002 FIFA World Cup-Korea/Japan
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2003 Completes the Shiodome Tower in Tokyo
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2005 Completes Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower in Tokyo
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2006 Completes Akihabara Crossfield in Tokyo
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2006 Completes Toranomon Towers Residence & Office in Tokyo
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2007 Completes Metropolitan Expressway, Central Circular Shinjuku Route in Tokyo
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