Shogakukan

Summary

Shogakukan is a publishing house^[1]. Shogakukan ranks in the top 0.91% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,733 views/month, #9 of 994).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shogakukan was a member of AJPEA (The All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher's and Editor's Association)^[3].
• Shogakukan was a member of Hitotsubashi Group^[4].
• Shogakukan was a member of Nihon Jidō Tosho Shuppan Kyōkai^[5].
• Shogakukan is in the country of Japan^[6].
• Shogakukan's instance of is recorded as publishing house^[7].
• Shogakukan's headquarters location is recorded as Hitotsubashi^[8].
• Shogakukan's child organization or unit is recorded as Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions^[9].
• Shogakukan's child organization or unit is recorded as Shogakukan Publishing Service^[10].
• Shogakukan's child organization or unit is recorded as Shorinsha^[11].
• Shogakukan's child organization or unit is recorded as NetAdvance^[12].
• Shogakukan's child organization or unit is recorded as Viz Media^[13].
• Shogakukan's child organization or unit is recorded as Yawaraka Spirits^[14].
• Shogakukan's Commons category is recorded as Shogakukan^[15].
• Shogakukan's industry is recorded as publishing industry^[16].
• August 8, 1922 marks the founding of Shogakukan^[17].
• Shogakukan's location of formation is recorded as Tokyo^[18].
• Shogakukan's official website is recorded as https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/^[19].
• Shogakukan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shogakukan^[20].
• Shogakukan's product or material produced is recorded as manga^[21].
• Shogakukan's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+707'}^[22].
• Shogakukan's topic has template is recorded as Template:Shogakukan manga magazines^[23].
• Shogakukan's legal form is recorded as kabushiki gaisha^[24].
• Shogakukan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '小学館'}^[25].
• Shogakukan's owner of is recorded as Shueisha^[26].
• Shogakukan's owner of is recorded as Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions^[27].

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Founding

August 8, 1922 marks the founding of Shogakukan^[17]. Shogakukan's location of formation is recorded as Tokyo^[18].

Operations

Shogakukan's headquarters location is recorded as Hitotsubashi^[8]. Subsidiaries include Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions^[9], a business^[28], in Japan^[29], founded in 1967^[30], headquartered in Jinbōchō^[31]; Shogakukan Publishing Service^[10], a business^[32], in Japan^[33], founded in 1964^[34], headquartered in Jinbōchō^[35]; Shorinsha^[11], a publishing house^[36], in Japan^[37], founded in 1984^[38], headquartered in Koishikawa^[39]; NetAdvance^[12], a business^[40], in Japan^[41], founded in 2000^[42], headquartered in Tokyo^[43]; Viz Media^[13], a business^[44], in United States^[45], founded in 1986^[46], headquartered in San Francisco^[47]; and Yawaraka Spirits^[14], a website^[48], in Japan^[49].

Industry

Shogakukan's industry is recorded as publishing industry^[16].

Ownership

Shogakukan's product or material produced is recorded as manga^[21].

Why It Matters

Shogakukan ranks in the top 0.91% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,733 views/month, #9 of 994).^[2] Shogakukan has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[50] Shogakukan is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[51]