Kowa

Trading company in Japan
Organization business Q4042332
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Kowa

Summary

Kowa is a business[1]. Kowa ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kowa is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Kowa's image is recorded as Kowa headquarters 110215.jpg[4].
  • Kowa's image is recorded as 1970s Kowa Lupinus 6x15 miniature binoculars.jpg[5].
  • Kowa's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Kowa's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Kowa's logo image is recorded as Kowa Company logo.jpg[8].
  • Kowa's headquarters location is recorded as Nagoya[9].
  • Kowa's ISNI is recorded as 000000010168027X[10].
  • Kowa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151508159[11].
  • Kowa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2010018811[12].
  • Kowa's child organization or unit is recorded as Kowa Shinyaku[13].
  • Kowa's child organization or unit is recorded as Kowabo[14].
  • Kowa's child organization or unit is recorded as Mielparque[15].
  • Kowa's Commons category is recorded as Kowa Company[16].
  • Kowa's industry is recorded as photo industry[17].
  • Kowa's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[18].
  • Kowa's industry is recorded as spinning[19].
  • +1894-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kowa[20].
  • Kowa's official website is recorded as http://www.kowa.co.jp/[21].
  • Kowa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kowa Company[22].
  • Kowa's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+5819'}[23].
  • Kowa's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as jp/1180001035811[24].
  • Kowa's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '興和株式会社'}[25].
  • Kowa's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'コーワ'}[26].
  • Kowa's legal form is recorded as kabushiki gaisha[27].

Body

Founding

+1894-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kowa[20].

Identity

Kowa's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '興和株式会社'}[25]. Short names include {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'コーワ'}[28] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kōwa'}[29].

Operations

Kowa's headquarters location is recorded as Nagoya[9]. Subsidiaries include Kowa Shinyaku[13], a business[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1954[32]; Kowabo[14], a business[33], in Japan[34], founded in 2009[35], headquartered in Nagoya[36]; and Mielparque[15], a hotel chain[37], in Japan[38], founded in 2008[39], headquartered in Mielparque Tokyo[40].

Industry

Industries include photo industry[17], pharmaceutical industry[18], and spinning[19].

Why It Matters

Kowa ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2] Kowa has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Kowa is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . kowa.co.jp. kowa.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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