Kodansha Co., Ltd.

Japanese: 講談社[株] - こうだんしゃ

A publishing company founded by Noma Seiji in 1911. Noma had previously founded the Dai-Nippon Yubenkai in 1909, which published Yuben. In 1925, the two companies merged to form Dai-Nippon Yubenkai Kodansha, and in 1958 changed its name to Kodansha Co., Ltd. At the same time as Kodansha was founded, it launched the magazine Kodan Club, which was well received, and subsequently published Shonen Club, Gendai, King, and other magazines, which at one time accounted for 70% of the circulation of all magazines in Japan. King in particular was a huge success as a new general-purpose magazine for the masses. It was widely accepted by the masses, and was called Kodansha Culture in contrast to Iwanami Culture. Around the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake, the company began publishing books, and in 1946 after the war, it expanded into the field of pure literature with the launch of Gunzo, and also responded well to new trends in popular culture such as comics, and has been active in a wide range of publishing fields. The record division, which was established in 1930, later became King Records Co., Ltd. As a general publisher, it is the top in terms of the number of new publications and sales. In 2011, the company's capital was 300 million yen, and its non-consolidated sales for the fiscal year ending November 2011 were 121.9 billion yen.
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Japanese:

1911年野間清治が創立した出版社。大日本雄弁会を野間はこれより前の1909年創立しており，《雄弁》を刊行していた。のち1925年，両者を統合して大日本雄弁会講談社，1958年株式会社講談社と改称。講談社創立と同時に雑誌《講談倶楽部》を発刊，好評をうけ，つづいて《少年倶楽部》《現代》《キング》等を発行し，一時は日本の全雑誌発行部数の７割を占めた。とくに《キング》は新しい大衆総合誌として大成功をおさめた。大衆層に広く受け入れられ，〈岩波文化〉と対比されて〈講談社文化〉と称された。関東大震災前後から書籍の出版も始め，戦後1946年には《群像》創刊により純文学分野にも進出，またコミックなど新しい大衆文化の動向にもよく対応し，広い分野にわたる出版活動を展開している。1930年発足のレコード事業部はのちのキングレコード（株）。総合出版社として，新刊発行点数，売上高でトップ。2011年資本金３億円，2011年11月期単独売上高1219億円。
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