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{{Short description|Japanese construction company}}
{{Infobox company 
|  name           = Kajima Corporation
|  native_name    = 鹿島建設株式会社
|  native_name_lang= ja
|  romanized_name  = Kajima Kensetsu kabushiki gaisha
|  logo           = Kajima logo.svg
|  image          = Kajima-HQ-Building-01.jpg
|  type           = [[Public Company|Public]] ([[Kabushiki gaisha|K.K]])
|  traded_as      = {{TYO|1812}}<br/>{{NAG|1812}}<br>[[Osaka Stock Exchange|OSE]]: 1812 until 2013<br>[[Nikkei 225|Nikkei 225 Component]]
|  foundation     = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] ({{Start date|1840}})
|  location       = 3-1, Motoakasaka 1-chome, [[Minato, Tokyo]] 107-8388, Japan
|  key_people     = Morinosuke Kajima (Chairman (1957-1975)), [[Rokuro Ishikawa]] (Chairman (1983 -1993) and Honorary Chairman) 
|  num_employees  = {{unbulleted list|7,737 (non-consolidated)|15,468 (consolidated) (as of March 31, 2013)}}
|  area_served    = Worldwide
|  services       = {{unbulleted list|[[Architectural design]]|[[Civil engineering]] design|[[Construction]] (civil engineering and building construction)|[[Engineering]]|[[Real estate development]]}}
|  homepage       = {{Official website|http://www.kajima.co.jp/english/welcome.html}}
|  industry       = {{unbulleted list|[[Construction]]|[[Engineering]]|[[Design]]}}
|  footnotes      = <ref name='KCD'>{{cite web |url=http://www.kajima.co.jp/english/prof/outline/index.html |title=Kajima Corporate Data |access-date=March 16, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kajima.co.jp/english/ir/fact/pdf/20130514-factbook.pdf |title=Kajima Factbook 2013 |access-date=March 16, 2014 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230640/http://www.kajima.co.jp/english/ir/fact/pdf/20130514-factbook.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kajima.co.jp/english/ir/highlight/index.html |title=Kajima Financial Highlights |access-date=March 16, 2014}}</ref>
|  revenue        = {{profit}} $ 15.798 billion [[US dollar|USD]] ([[Fiscal year|FY]] 2012)
                   (¥  1485.01 billion [[Japanese yen|JPY]]) ([[Fiscal year|FY]] 2012)
|  net_income     = {{profit}} $ 249.255 million [[US dollar|USD]] ([[Fiscal year|FY]] 2012)
                   (¥  23.42 billion [[Japanese yen|JPY]]) ([[Fiscal year|FY]] 2012)
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Kajima Corporation'''|鹿島建設株式会社|Kajima Kensetsu Kabushiki-gaisha}} is one of the oldest and largest construction companies in [[Japan]].  Founded in 1840, the company has its headquarters in [[Motoakasaka, Minato, Tokyo]].<ref name='KCD' /> The company is known for its [[DIB-200]] proposal.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Binder |editor-first1=Georges |work=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat |year=2006 |title=101 of the World's Tallest Buildings |pages=13 |publisher=images Publishing |isbn=978-1-864-70173-9 }}</ref> The company stock is traded on four leading Japanese stock exchanges and is a constituent of the [[Nikkei 225]] stock index.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indexes.nikkei.co.jp/en/nkave/index/component?idx=nk225#41 |title=Components:Nikkei Stock Average |publisher=[[Nikkei Inc.]] |access-date=March 11, 2014}}</ref>

Kajima's services include design, engineering, construction, and real estate development. Kajima builds high-rise structures, railways, power plants, dams, and bridges. Its subsidiaries are located throughout Asia, Oceania, Europe, and North America. A downturn in the construction industry during the latter half of the 1990s prompted Kajima to expand its operations to the environmental sector, specifically waste treatment, water treatment, soil rehabilitation, and environmental consulting.

==History==
* 1840 - Iwakichi Kajima, the founder of the present-day company begins carpentry business in Edo (present day [[Tokyo]])
* 1860 - Kajima pioneers first western-style building in [[Yokohama]] (Ei-Ichiban Kan)
* 1880 - Establishes Kajima Gumi
* 1899 - Railway construction projects begin in Korea and Taiwan
* 1923 - [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kantō earthquake]] -  Kajima participates in the reconstruction work
* 1930 - Incorporation of the company (issues stock, capitalized at 3 million yen)
* 1945 - Postwar reconstruction begins with Kajima's support
* 1949 - Founds Kajima Technical Research Institute (the first construction research facility in Japan)
* 1950 - Pioneers first joint venture with [[Morrison-Knudsen]]
* 1957 - Completes Japan's first nuclear reactor ([[Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute]]'s [[List of nuclear reactors#Japan|Tōkai JRR-1 reactor]])
* 1959 - Construction of the [[Tokaido Shinkansen]] begins
* 1961 - The company is listed on [[Tokyo Stock Exchange|Tokyo]] and [[Osaka Stock Exchange]]s
* 1963 - Becomes world no. 1 in construction (total contract value)
:::Constructs facilities for [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo Olympic Games]]
* 1964 - Establishment of Kajima International Incorporated (KII) in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
* 1968 - Japan's first high-rise building, the [[Kasumigaseki Building]], is completed
* 1975 - Founds PT. Waskita Kajima, as a [[joint venture]] with [[Waskita Karya]]<ref name="Kajima Indonesia">{{cite web|title=About Kajima Indonesia|url=https://www.kajima.co.id/about-corporate|access-date=July 12, 2019|archive-date=July 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712064537/https://www.kajima.co.id/about-corporate|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1987 - Establishment of  Kajima Europe B.V. (KE) in the Netherlands
* 1988 - Establishment of  Kajima Overseas Asia Pte Ltd. (KOA) in Singapore
:::The [[Seikan Tunnel]], the world's longest tunnel, is completed
* 1994 - Construction of [[Kansai International Airport]] is finalized
* 1998 - [[Akashi Kaikyo Bridge]] is completed
:::Bought Waskita Karya's shareholding in Waskita Kajima, resulting Kajima as majority shareholder of the company. The company then renamed to Kajima Indonesia<ref name="Kajima Indonesia"/>
* 2001 - The [[Suez Canal Bridge]] is completed
* 2002 - Hawaiian Dredging is acquired from [[Dillingham Construction]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Hawaiian Dredging sold to Japanese firm| work = The Honolulu Advertiser| access-date = 2016-09-18| url = http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/May/10/bz/bz02a.html}}</ref>
* 2003 - Establishment of  Kajima (Shanghai) Construction Co., Ltd.
* 2010 - Construction of [[Resorts World Sentosa]] in Singapore completed
* 2011 - The company completed the construction of the [[Dubai Metro]] (phase 1 and 2)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kajima.co.jp/english/prof/overview/history_02.html |title=Company History |access-date=March 16, 2014 |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229051558/http://www.kajima.co.jp/english/prof/overview/history_02.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2017 - Purchased Australian construction company Icon Construction<ref>[https://www.kajima.co.jp/english/tech/overseas/global_network/ka/index.html Kajima Australia] Kajima</ref>

==Demolition technology==
The Kajima Corporation developed a building [[demolition]] technique that involves using [[hydraulic jack]]s to demolish a building one floor at a time. This method is safer, and allows for a more efficient [[recycling]] process. In the Spring of 2008, the Kajima Corporation used this technique to demolish a 17-story and 20-story building, recycling 99% of the [[steel]] and [[concrete]] and 92% of the interior materials in the process.<ref name=popsci>{{cite news | title=Kajima Demolition Tech | url=http://www.popsci.com/bown/2008/product/kajima-demolition-tech | publisher=Popular Science | date=December 2008 | access-date=2008-11-18 | archive-date=2008-11-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112101037/http://www.popsci.com/bown/2008/product/kajima-demolition-tech | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Film backing==
The [[Kasumigaseki Building]], built by Kajima, is the main subject of the film ''[[Chōkōsō no Akebono]]'', which was backed by Kajima.<ref>[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20081114a4.html Airplane flick tells only half the story] ''[[The Japan Times]]'' November 14, 2008. Retrieved on February 19, 2010.</ref>

== Scandal ==
On March 2, 2018, the head of a division at Kajima was arrested by an investigative team from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of having violated the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade in connection with bidding for the [[Chūō Shinkansen]] maglev line.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASL324TCBL32UTIL02L.html|title=Former executive of Taisei Corporation and division chief of Kajima Corporation arrested: suspicious bidding for maglev line|newspaper=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|date=2018-03-02|access-date=2019-12-03|archive-date=2018-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302080046/https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL324TCBL32UTIL02L.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On March 23, the [[Fair Trade Commission (Japan)|Fair Trade Commission]] issued a criminal indictment against both the head of the division and Kajima Corporation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180324/ddm/041/040/062000c|title=Chūō Shinkansen maglev line, 4 companies and 2 individuals indicted for anti-monopoly violations: a first for a privately financed construction project|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|date=2018-03-24|access-date=2019-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325045004/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180324/ddm/041/040/062000c|archive-date=2018-03-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.kajima.co.jp/ Official site] {{in lang|ja}} 
*[http://www.kajima.co.jp/welcome.html English site] {{in lang|en}}

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