Corporate Research
Corporate Research: General Contractors — Kajima, Taisei, and Shimizu
Kajima, the first Japanese contractor to top ¥3 trillion in revenue; Taisei, which posted record profit; Shimizu, which bounced back from its first-ever operating loss to post two straight years of profit growth. Comparing all three companies' founding years (1804-1873), five years of financial results, frontier businesses from overseas construction to space development, and construction robotics.