What is Kao Corporation?
'{{Infobox company | name = Kao Corporation<br />花王株式会社 | logo = Kao-corp-logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | caption = | image = Shibusawa Building, at Nihonbashi-Kayabacho, Chuo, Tokyo (2019-01-02) 05.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = Head office | type = [[Public Company|Public]] ([[Kabushiki gaisha|K.K]]) | traded_as = {{Tyo|4452}}<br>[[TOPIX|TOPIX Large 70 Component]] | foundation = {{start date and age|1887|06|df=yes}}<br>Nihonbashi-Bakurocho, Tokyo, Japan | founder = Tomiro Nagase | num_employees = 33,409 (consolidated) (2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kao.com/global/en/who-we-are/data/|title=Kao by the Numbers|access-date=2022-01-04}}</ref> | industry = [[Personal care]], [[Cosmetics]] | revenue = {{decrease}}{{JPY|1,381,997 million}} (2020)<ref name=fy2020>{{cite web |url=https://www.kao.com/content/dam/sites/kao/www-kao-com/global/en/investor-relations/pdf/results-fy2020-all.pd |title=Consolidated Financial Results For The Fiscal Year Ending December 21, 2020 |date=2021-02-03 |access-date=2022-01-04 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | operating_income = {{decrease}}{{JPY|175,563 million}} (2020)<ref name=fy2020/> | net_income = {{decrease}}{{JPY|128,067 million}} (2020)<ref name=fy2020/> | assets = {{increase}}{{JPY|1,665,616 million}} (2020)<ref name=fy2020/> | equity = {{increase}}{{JPY|938,194 million}} (2020)<ref name=fy2020/> | homepage = {{url|https://www.kao.com/global/en/}} | native_name = | location_country = [[Japan]] | location_city = 14-10, [[Nihonbashi]]-Kayabacho Itchome, [[Chūō, Tokyo|Chūō]], [[Tokyo]]}} {{nihongo|'''Kao Corporation'''|花王株式会社|Kaō Kabushiki-gaisha}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[chemical]] and [[cosmetics]] [[company]]. It is based in [[Nihonbashi]]-Kayabacho, [[Chūō, Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. == History == Kao was created in 1887 by Tomiro Nagase. It was created to [[manufacture]] [[toilet]]ry [[soap]]. They were