Shogakukan
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Shogakukan Inc. (株式会社小学館, Kabushiki-gaisha Shōgakukan, often pronounced as Shōgakkan[2] due to devoicing[3]) is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan.[4]
Native name | 株式会社 小学館 |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Shōgakukan |
Company type | Private KK |
Industry | Publishing |
Founded | August 8, 1922; 101 years ago (1922-08-08) |
Founder | Takeo Ōga |
Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Nobuhiro Oga [jp][1] (President and CEO) |
Products | Magazines, comics, picture books, light novels, educational books, reference books, other books |
Revenue | 108,471,000,000 yen (2023) |
Owner | Hitotsubashi Group (Ōga family) |
Number of employees | 728 (2017) |
Subsidiaries |
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Website | www |
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group,[5] one of the largest publishing groups in Japan and the world. Shogakukan is headquartered in the Shogakukan Building in Hitotsubashi, part of Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, near the Jimbocho book district. The corporation also has the other two companies located in the same ward.