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The oldest business still operating in the world is Hoshi Ryokan, a Komatsu, Japan-based innkeeping business founded in 718. The company is 1,290 years old as of 2008.

The previous record holder, Kongo Gumi, founded in 578, shut its doors in 2007.

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