Yamato Corporation designs, constructs, and manages projects in architecture, civil engineering, air conditioning, sanitation, refrigeration, water supply, sewerage, water treatment, and hot bathing. Its portfolio includes office and government buildings, stores, medical and welfare facilities, hotels, inns, leisure and hot spring facilities, food supermarkets, factories and warehouses, and water, sewage, and water treatment facilities. The company was formerly known as Yamato Setsubi Kogyo K.K. and changed its name to Yamato Corporation in 2000. Founded in 1945, it is based in Maebashi, Japan.