Century Old Business

[toc36]

Interesting article on century old businesses.

 

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200211-why-are-so-many-old-companies-in-japan

[Sheffie]

Nice article. The rest of the world needs to adopt some of Japan’s outlook!

 

Also: the photo of the outside of Tsuen Tea looks like a perfect opportunity for a model kit. 

[bikkuri bahn]

The oldest currently existing Japanese private (i.e.free enterprise for profit) railway is the Nankai Electric Railway, which was established in 1885 as its predecessor Hankai Railway. This was two years before the appearance of electric trolleys in Southern California, and 16 years before the establishment of the Pacific Electric.  Just imagine if the PE had held on and existed as long as Nankai has...

Edited February 17, 2020 by bikkuri bahn

[Nick_Burman]

16 hours ago, bikkuri bahn said:

The oldest currently existing Japanese private (i.e.free enterprise for profit) railway is the Nankai Electric Railway, which was established in 1885 as its predecessor Hankai Railway. This was two years before the appearance of electric trolleys in Southern California, and 16 years before the establishment of the Pacific Electric.  Just imagine if the PE had held on and existed as long as Nankai has...

 

The Nankai is the last of the Meiji-era private mainline railways. It only escaped nationalization because the Diet failed to agree on the terms of the act.

 

Cheers NB