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Masakazu Kongo, head of a construction firm in western Japan, explains May 21, 2003 his family business on the Shitennoji Temple compounds stands beneath part of a "golden temple" which his ancestors
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![Twitter 上的John Rentoul:"Kongo Gumi, founded a century after the fall of the Roman empire https://t.co/oGC6UJBxm3 HT @tylercowen https://t.co/JgdqThclMD" / Twitter Twitter 上的John Rentoul:"Kongo Gumi, founded a century after the fall of the Roman empire https://t.co/oGC6UJBxm3 HT @tylercowen https://t.co/JgdqThclMD" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2BX0EsXMAYv1vN.jpg)