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	Scotland Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kongo Gumi, the family's construction firm in western Japan, has been a going concern for more than 14 centuries, spanning 40 generations and surviving feudal wars and the more recent collapse of the nation's economic bubble.
		Kongo's architectural skills were deemed vital for Japan, which at the time was importing technology from the more advanced China and Korea.
		Looking every bit the modern CEO in a designer suit and with a constantly buzzing mobile phone, Kongo is confident the company will be around for "another while," partly because the elder of his two daughters is willing to take over as boss one day.
	www.scotlandgroup.com /article2.html (775 words)

	TIMEasia Magazine: Built to last
		One of the carpenters for Shitennoji, Shigemitsu Kongo, traveled to Japan from the Korean kingdom of Paekche for the project.
		Today, working out of offices that overlook the temple, Kongo Gumi Co. is run by 54-year-old president Masakazu Kongo, the 40th Kongo to lead the company in Japan.
		As much as the Kongos value tradition, their firm has survived by being flexible, even when that meant contravening ancient customs.
	www.time.com /time/asia/covers/501040223/oldest.html (642 words)

	Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
		The Kongo Gumi company founded by a group of people from Baekje will go into liquidation in January, bringing its 1,400 years of history to an end.
		The operation of Kongo Gumi will be handed over to a subsidiary of the Takamatsu Corporation of the same name that was established last month.
		But with the retirement of Masakazu Kongo, the firm¡¯s 40th president, its 1,400 years of history as a family firm are effectively at an end.
	english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200512/200512150009.html (284 words)

	news2.6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kongo Gumi is a Japanese temple restoration firm that was founded in 578 and is still run by descendents of the Korean immigrants who began it.
		Assuming Kongo started in 578 with $100 in annual revenues, it would require a 1 percent annual growth rate to reach $80 million in 2001.
		Kongo is no freak, at least not when it comes lasting a long time by growing slowly over centuries.
	www.notjustaliving.net /news2.6.htm (1179 words)

	Mutant Frog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Before the Zaibatsu
		Time Asia has a great article on Osaka’s Kongo Gumi (金剛組) construction firm, which they describe as the world’s oldest family firm, but I suspect may actually be the world’s oldest continuously operated business of any kind.
		Sure, if you go back that far it’s probably the case that all businesses are family firms, but since today one term is a subset of the other, the latter is a bit more impressive to the ear.
		If you look at their ‘corporate summary’ page, you’ll see that their date of founding is listed as Asuka period, 6th year of the reign of the Bidatsu emperor, 30th emperor of Japan.
	www.mutantfrog.com /2005/09/29/before-the-zaibatsu (412 words)

	Kumihimo: an introduction, glossary and source list
		Source (1) is the closest to being encyclopedic of marudai stitches, but it also includes non-Japanese stitches such as Peruvian, seafaring, and stitches invented in the author's workshops.
		The stitch I was first taught was the simple 16-thread rotating stitch, kongo gumi, directions for which were published in Handwoven magazine (6).
		This is simple enough for small children, especially if you cut it down to 8 threads, and creates a smooth, even-looking braid without much effort.
	www.gflower.org /kumihimo.htm (1562 words)

	rawblogXport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		One of its carpenters, Shigemitsu Kongo, traveled to Japan from the Korean kingdom of Paekche.
		Today, working from offices overlooking the temple, Kongo Gumi Co. is run by Masakazu Kongo, 55, the 40th Kongo to lead the 1,410-year-old company, believed to be the world's oldest family enterprise.
		Yet as much as the Kongos value tradition, their firm has survived by being flexible.
	rawblogxport.blogspot.com /2004/04/meet-worlds-oldest-family-firm-by.html (529 words)

	The secret to corporate longevity (what would Rupert say about this?) - Ecademy
		The Japanese claim that the Osaka-based construction company Kongo Gumi is the oldest.
		If the eldest son were competent, he would be the heir apparent, but if not, the founders were willing to take in a bright young man as a son.
		When the eldest son was not the best candidate, Kongo Gumi gave the leadership to younger sons.
	www.ecademy.com /node.php?id=12541 (600 words)

	Family Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		What he presents as an end product is definitely the long view, a collection of studies of a diverse array of families that have achieved and sustained business success by being nimble and steadfast and capitalizing on their family strengths.
		Interestingly, treating employees well is also one of the standard practices of the Japanese company Kongô Gumi, culturally as well as geographically distant from the Armenians.
		One of the policies that have kept Bixler's Jewelers in the family in Easton, Pa., since 1785 is its commitment to resolve family disputes quickly and amicably.
	charlotte.bizjournals.com /bizwomen/pacific/consultants/family_business/2004/05/31/column189.html (934 words)

	ReGENERATION Partners: "Standing the Test of Time" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In the first category is Kongo Gumi, a Japanese temple restoration firm that has been continuously family operated for an astounding 14 centuries.
		Founded in 578, Kongo is still run by descendents of the Korean immigrants who began it.
		Among the lessons passed on to the 40th generation to run this company are, "Don't diversify.
	www.regeneration-partners.com /artman/publish/printer_4.shtml (550 words)

	The World
		The very oldest, Japanese temple-builder Kongo Gumi, was founded in 578.
		Over the centuries, Kongo Gumi has participated in the construction of many famous buildings, including the 16th-century Osaka castle.
		Current president is Toshitaka Kongo; his 51-year-old son, Masakazu Kongo, is waiting in the wings.
	www.cojoweb.com /ref-companies-worlds-oldest.html (4697 words)

	Class handout: Beginning Kumihimo
		There are hundreds of different kumihimo stitches, some simple and some very complex, using different numbers of strands from 4 to 100.
		The stitch I was first taught was the simple 16-thread rotating stitch, which you'll learn today (called in Japanese: Kongo Gumi).
		Lace up your garb, but be careful, kongo gumi does stretch (and doesn't return to its original tension).
	www.gflower.org /kongo.htm (1369 words)

	Family Business - Special Family Companies
		More remarkable, 39 generations later the Kongo family and its company are still in Osaka as well, operating much as they did more than 1,400 years ago: Some 80% of Kongo Gumi's $100 million worth of annual work involves building and repairing Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines.
		His 51-year-old son and likely successor, Masakazu Kongo, is an Americanized executive who spent seven years in southern California but gives every likelihood of continuing the family business.
		As in many distinguished Japanese families, Kongo sons-in-law often took the Kongo name after marrying into the family, thus assuring the line's continuance through daughters as well as sons.
	www.familybusinessmagazine.com /hallofame.html (4862 words)

	handspinners.com: the art of fiber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This is the starting layout for your 'Kongo Gumi' braid.
		She stays up late in her Maple Bay studio playing with ideas for 'Kongo Gumi' patterns.
		At Dancing Threads, the 2005 HWSDA Conference in Red Deer, Alberta, at the end of May, Alison will be presenting a half-day seminar on designing Kumihimo braids with sixteen threads ('Wild Things!') and she'll have with her this marudai plus one made out of a slide carousel.
	www.handspinners.com /archives/mar2005/alisonirwin2.html (800 words)

	monsur dot org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		But all strict definitions aside, to discover the current winner (in my sparse research), we return to Japan and the land of Kikkoman.
		Kongo Gumi (the site is in Japanese), a trading company, was founded in 578 by Buddhist Monks.
		Unfortunately, I can’t read their website, and information on the internet is sparse, save for a mention in this article and this blurb. But I think their lead is safe, considering they've got a good 700 year headstart on Stora.
	www.monsur.org /Main20010301.html (833 words)

	Offloom Beadweaving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Having spent many many hours on the right angle weave, and then many many hours on the stringing, I decided I had to spend many many many more hours braiding a silk cord.
		This pattern, kongo gumi (ultra or diamond hard braid) is particularly slow to make.
		I used green and blue silk threads to make a diamond pattern on a fl ground.
	ic.net /~rduncan/sylvus/offloom_beadweaving.html (654 words)

	World's Oldest Companies - Digital Musings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The mind boggles at the fact that the world's oldest surviving family-run company was formed in the year 578 in Osaka, Japan.
		This company, Kongo Gumi (no surprise, it has its own website !), was originally a builder of shrines and castles but has since diversified into office and apartment developments.
		I guess the market for castles is pretty small these days.
	www.christopher-chan.com /blog/index.php?/archives/30-Worlds-Oldest-Companies.html (237 words)

	Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Zambia Martin Brennan on Development in Zambia: It Takes more than Money - United States ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Each one represents a company that is at least 200 years old.
		The oldest company in the world is Kongo Gumi, which has been in the construction industry for 1,427 years.
		Given the enormous number of companies that have been established over the past two centuries, you might surmise that club membership is skyrocketing.
	usembassy.state.gov /zambia/sp021005.html (1184 words)

	Timeline 300CE to 599CE
		He later brought the Kongo family from Korea to Osaka and had them build a Buddhist temple.
		The temple took 15 years to build and the Kongo family became established as the premier temple builders in Japan.
		578 The family business Kongo Gumi was founded in Japan by a Korean in Osaka to build Buddhist temples.
	timelines.ws /0300AD_599AD.HTML (8599 words)

	Amy Langfield's New York Notebook
		Test it here on a story about the oldest companies in the world.
		Kongo Gumi, founded by a Korean in Osaka in 578, is a builder of Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and castles—and now also offices, apartment buildings and private houses.
		Did you know home cookin' emporium Chat n Chew opened a second location a few months ago?
	amylangfield.com /2004_12_12_archive.html (533 words)

	Sast Wingees Speaketh :: Built to Last (forever!) - Oldest companies/corporations
		I did not know the answer, so I looked the question up on the Net.
		That distinction goes to a Japanese construction company called Kongo Gumi which was setup, hold your breath, in the year 578.
		The Family Business Magazine has an excellent composition of the oldest family run businesses in the world.
	sastwingees.blogharbor.com /blog/_archives/2005/10/14/1288554.html (293 words)

	Metrolingua: Oldest Japanese firm from Korea
		The oldest is the Japanese temple-builder Kongo Gumi, founded in 578!
		Actually, the Kongo family is originally from Korea: "Prince Shotoku brought Kongo family members to Japan from Korea more than 1,400 years ago to build the Buddhist Shitennoji Temple, which still stands."
		Imagine the parties they get invited to--serious old money going on there.
	blog.metrolingua.com /2005/11/oldest-japanese-firm-from-korea.html (371 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
		For example, in the Christmas issue of The Economist there is a piece about the world’s oldest companies, an eclectic list including vineyards, butterfly farms and pubs.
		The oldest company listed is Kongo Gumi (http://www.kongogumi.co.jp/), a Japanese firm founded in 578AD in Osaka, and still trading as a family business today.
		These days they develop apartment blocks and offices, but back in the Dark Ages they turned their hand to Buddhist Temples and Shinto shrines.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=9826189&postID=110469147179494773 (486 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Perhaps to give his study perspective, he glanced his eyes overseas and happened upon Japan's Hoshi Hotel, run by the same family since the year 718.
		(Currently, the 46th generation of Hoshis is manning the front desk.) And just recently, O'Hara found a firm that makes the Hoshis look like new money: A Japanese family outfit called Kongo Gumi has been building temples since 578, working together for 14 centuries.
		Something to think about when your family comes to fisticuffs over who gets the first burger at the Labor Day cookout.
	www.citypaper.com /arts/printready.asp?id=3572 (212 words)

	Family Business - The World's Oldest Family Companies
		The very oldest remains Japanese temple-builder Kongo Gumi, founded in 578.
		As in the past, readers are invited to pass along corrections or information that we may have missed.
		According to legend, the god of Mount Hakusan visited a Buddhist priest, telling him to uncover an underground hot spring in a nearby village.
	www.familybusinessmagazine.com /oldworld.html (5392 words)

	handspinners webzine: Kumihimo On A Card by Shirley Berlin
		You can make several different braids on a piece of sturdy card.
		The pattern shown below, called Kongo Gumi, is especially suitable because the threads walk around the card so that every move makes the braid longer.
		You can use the back of a notepad, a shoe box or other packaging.
	www.handspinners.com /archives/summer2004/berlin.html (542 words)

	Key Ideas for Family Business Newsletter - Jan, 2004
		In this remarkable book, the author shares his experiences traveling the globe in search of the world's oldest family businesses.
		If the odds are that only 12% of the family businesses will make it to the third generation, what must it take for one to survive say since its beginning in 578, such as Kongo Gumi, a temple restoration company in Japan?
		With each chapter, the author introduces us to one of the twenty companies that he discusses, covering such topics as "meeting the new leader", the history of leadership, industry timeline, passing the torch, looking to the future, and the next generation.
	www.familybusinessconsulting.com /newsletter/jan_04.htm (1107 words)

	Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed: Comment on The FT and Web 2.0 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Posted by John K at November 23, 2005 11:52 AM
		Well, every company's days is numbered except for maybe Kongo Gumi and/or Hoshi.
		But for the sake of rhetoric I'm happy to concede that Google will go higher before it goes lower, but Google shares will be no higher than current levels by five years from now.
	www.kedrosky.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=2087 (213 words)

	Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Oldest Family-Owned Firm? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In the year 578 A.D., carpenter Shigemitsu Kongo traveled from the Korean kingdom of Paekche to Japan, looking for work.
		Today, working from offices overlooking the same temple, Kongo Gumi Co. is believed to be the world's oldest family enterprise.
		The business is run by Masakazu Kongo, 55, the 40th Kongo to lead the 1,429-year-old company..
	eogn.typepad.com /eastmans_online_genealogy/2004/08/oldest_familyow.html (1393 words)

	Financial Planning: Tales from the Family Crypt Are you guilty of believing any of these widespread myths about family ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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		The world's oldest continuously operated business, Japanese temple-builder Kongo Gumi, began in 578.
		After all that time, a few myths about family business are bound to crop up.
	static.highbeam.com /f/financialplanning/october012002/talesfromthefamilycryptareyouguiltyofbelievinganyo (235 words)

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