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Founded: 1921 (as Sekisen Ken-onki K.K., 'Red-Line Thermometer Company')
Founders: Shibasaburo Kitasato and a group of physicians
Founded to manufacture precision thermometers domestically after WWI cut off imports from Germany/UK/US; renowned bacteriologist Kitasato Shibasaburo led the founding group. Grew into a major medical device maker (renamed Terumo).
