Corporation
Stock exchanges were originally non-existent in other countries and were specially developed in Japan before the rest of the world, but disappeared for a time during the Pacific War. After the war, stock exchanges began to appear in other countries, and then again in Japan.
July 15, 1878 - Trading begins on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as Japan's first publicly traded stock.
In the Dutch East India Company, the investment was fixed for 10 years, shareholders were not allowed to leave the company during that period, and furthermore, the limited liability of the shareholders gave the company a modern character, and it continued to exist for the next 200 years.
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