{"id":2562,"date":"2008-12-09T12:28:04","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T16:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2017-01-03T11:05:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T15:05:33","slug":"komuten-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/12\/komuten-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Komuten Rocks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/wc00.jpg?w=600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"WHITE COURT HOUSE, 2007\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Mid to small size building contractors are called &#8220;Komuten&#8221; (or Sekoya-san) in Japan. 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