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578 Kongo Gumi, world's oldest continuously operating company (578 - 2006), founded in Osaka, Japan
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1684 The Japanese
poet Saikaku composes 23,500 verses in 24 hours at the Sumiyoshi Shrine at Osaka; the scribes cannot keep pace with his dictation and just ''count'' the verses
1934 Tornado
in Osaka and Kyoto
and destroys the rice harvest - 1660 dead, 5400 injured
1972 The Roland Corporation is founded in Osaka.
1972 Fire in a nightclub atop the Sennichi department store in Osaka, Japan
, leaves 115 dead.
1994 Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan
opens. All international services are transferred from Itami to Kansai.
1997 The Osaka Dome opens in Chiyozaki, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan
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1997 The main office of Kansai TV moves from Nishi-Temma, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
to Ogimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan.
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