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Takenaka Corporation

Takenaka Corporation(Kabushiki gaisha trúc trung công vụ cửa hàng,Kabushiki-gaisha Takenaka Kōmuten)is one of five major general contractors in Japan. Takenaka provides architectural, engineering, and construction services and has its headquarters located inChūō-ku,Osaka,Osaka Prefecture.[1]Takenaka has eight domestic offices in Japan with overseas offices in Asia, Europe, and the United States. It has remained under family control since the founding of Takenaka Corporation in 1609, and is currently led by the 17th generation of the family.

Takenaka Corporation
Kabushiki gaisha trúc trung công vụ cửa hàng
Company typePrivate(K.K)
IndustryConstruction,Architecture,Engineering
Founded1610 (Nagoya,Japan)
1909 (Takenaka Corporation)
HeadquartersChūō-ku,Osaka,
Japan
Key people
Toichi Takenaka, Honorary Chairman of the Board,Masato Namba,Chairman, Masato Sasaki, President
ServicesArchitectural Design,Construction,Renewal,Engineering,Technology,Research and development
Revenue¥ 1,284 billion (consolidated, fiscal 2015)
Total assets¥ 50 billion (as of March 31, 2015)
Number of employees
7,473
2,506 (Licensed Architects)
2,315 (Licensed Construction Managers)
166 (Licensed Engineers)
111 (Ph.D's)
Websitetakenaka.co.jp takenaka.eu

The Takenaka corporation designed and built theTakenaka Carpentry Tools Museum.

About Takenaka

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In 1610 Tobei Masataka Takenaka ( trúc trung đằng binh vệ chính cao ), a shrine and temple carpenter, started a business inNagoya.The business continued as a family business and built some of the first Western-style buildings in Japan during the last half of 19th century, most of them in Nagoya. In 1899 Toemon Takenaka ( trúc trung đằng hữu vệ môn ), a 14th generation descendant of the original founder established a branch office inKobeand founded Takenaka Corporation as an official company.

The company grew during the 20th century; its capital in 1909 was about ¥100,000. This rose to ¥6 million in 1938, ¥1.5 billion in 1959 and ¥50 billion in 1979. Today, Takenaka Corporation is a multinational company with offices in 18 different countries. The current president is Masato Sasaki (since 2019).

The Takenaka Corporation claims to be the oldest operating firms of its type in the world. In 2006 Takenaka acquired competing family architect-carpentry business (Miyadaiku)Kongō Gumiwhich had been in operation for 1,427 years.[2][3]

The company is now regarded in Japan as one of the "Big Five" contractors ranked alongsideKajima,Obayashi,ShimizuandTaisei.The firm has built some of the most important buildings in Japan, including theTokyo Tower,theTokyo Dome(the first large-scale stadium with an air-supported membrane roof in Japan), theFukuoka Dome(Japan's first large-scale stadium with a retractable roof), and theKobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotelamong others.

Among its current proposals is theSky City 1000project.

Takenaka reconstructed theSuzakumonin Nara.[4]

History timeline

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  • 1610 (Keicho15 years) – Takenaka Tobei Masataka, a former vassal ofOda Nobunaga,established a carpentry team inNagoya.His work mainly involved erecting shrines and temples.[5]
  • 1899 (Meiji32) – Takenaka Tozaemon XIV moved toKobe,and founded the official company. They built Mitsui Bank Kobe Onohama warehouse.
  • 1923 (Taisho 12 years) – the head office inOsakais moved toKobe.
  • 1935 –Kobemosque construction.
  • 1937 (Showa 12 years) – Established Takenaka Corporation.¥1.5 million in capital. President Takenaka Tozaemon.
  • 1945 – Tozaemon Takenaka appointed as Chairman of the Board and Renichi Takenaka appointed as President.
  • 1958 –Tokyo Towerconstruction.
  • 1980 – Takenaka Renichi appointed as Chairman of the Board and Takenaka Toichi appointed as President.
  • 1984 – Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum opened.
  • 1988 –Tokyo Domecompleted.
  • 1993 (Heisei 5 years) –Fukuoka Domecompleted, Japan's first roof-retractable multi-purpose stadium
  • 1997 –Osaka Dome,Nagoya Dome,International Stadium Yokohamacompleted.
  • 2004 – The Tokyo Main Office moves to new building in Koto-ward in Tokyo.
  • 2006 – Midland Square (Nagoya) completed.
  • 2007 –Tokyo Midtown,Shin-Marunouchi Buildingcompleted.
  • 2010 – 400th anniversary of the company.
  • 2013 – Masahiro Miyashita becomes president, the first from outside the founding family.

Issues

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Insufficient reinforcement

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  • On November 19, 2007, during the construction of a 27-story (94 meter high) highrise condominium inMinato, Tokyo,the whole 8th and 9th floors of the building had to be dismantled and rebuilt because the reinforcing steel used was of insufficient strength.[6][7][8]

Industrial accident cover-ups

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  • According to a report of December 28, 2007, a 52-year-old foreman of a Takenaka condominium construction site in Fukushima ward, Osaka, reported an industrial accident in which a falling concrete hose seriously injured a worker of sub-contractor, Airtech Co., Ltd. The accident was reported as having happened at a different demolition site that the foreman was also in charge of. Takenaka and Airtech were issued a summary indictment by the Osaka prosecutor's office for violating the Industrial Safety and Health Act.[9][10]
  • Takenaka also announced on December 19, 2007, that it had failed to report an industrial accident at aToyotafactory it was building inKariya City,Aichi Prefecture,and that it was under investigation for violation of the Industrial Safety and Health Act.[11]

Tax evasion (non-reporting of income)

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  • In March 2013, it was discovered that the Osaka National Tax Office had reprimanded the company for failing to declare about ¥30 million of income (¥9 million of it intentionally) between 2008 and 2011.[12]
  • In April 2015, the same office reprimanded the company again for underreporting its income for the four years between 2010 and 2013 by about ¥150 million.[13]

Leaky subway

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  • On September 25, 2014, train services atNagoya Stationon the Higashiyama Subway Line were suspended for nine hours due to water leaking into the station as a result of construction work the company was carrying out on the JR Tower Nagoya building.[14]

Falling window

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  • On February 17, 2015, a window frame weighing approximately 100 kg fell from the 4th floor of the Kofu City Hall building, which had been built by the company and two other companies. A subsequent investigation by Kofu City found 87 defects in the building. Executives of Takenaka and the other two companies involved, Nihon Sekkei and Sankyo Tateyama, visited the mayor of Kofu on March 20, 2015, to apologize.[15]

Selected projects

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Public facilities

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Nifrel Aquarium at Expocity by Takenaka

Commercial facilities

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Historic buildings and religious architecture

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Schools

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Sports stadiums

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Office buildings

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Museums and theme parks

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Dwellings

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Plants and research laboratories

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Hotels

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Hospitals

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See also

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References

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  1. ^"Corporate Profile."Takenaka Corporation. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
  2. ^History of Takenaka | Company Overview | TAKENAKA CORPORATION
  3. ^Family Business – The World's Oldest Family Companies
  4. ^"Bình thành cung tích Chu Tước môn ｜ trúc trung công vụ cửa hàng".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-24.Retrieved2013-11-21.
  5. ^"History".takenaka.co.jp.Retrieved2021-10-02.
  6. ^Takenaka Partial demolition of high rise condominium due to reinforcing steel of insufficient strengthArchived2009-02-20 at theWayback Machine,Sankei Shimbunnews]
  7. ^Takenaka uses inferior reinforcing steel in high-rise condominiumJapan Buyer's Agent Association
  8. ^Takenaka contrite about reinforcing error "Insufficient reinforcing" The Final Report
  9. ^Nomination stop measures regarding Takenaka Construction, Kinki Regional Board, December 12, 2007PDFfile]
  10. ^Takenaka conceals industrial accident, site manager blames sub-contractor07/12/19 | Yahoo Blog
  11. ^Takenaka Construction's work accident cover-up at Toyota factory construction site-07/12/19 | Archive.fo
  12. ^Takenaka Corp: non-reporting of 150 million yen over 4 years: reprimand by Osaka National Tax Office "jiji April 20, 2015
  13. ^Takenaka Corp: non-reporting of 150 million yen over 4 years: reprimand by Osaka National Tax Office "jiji April 20, 2015
  14. ^"Water leakage into Nagoya Subway from adjacent JP Tower: Takenaka Apologizes"Speednews Blog September 26, 2014
  15. ^"Falling window from Kofu City Hall – 3 companies take responsibility, executives apologize"Asahi Shimbun March 20, 2015
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