Shogakukan Co., Ltd.

Japanese: 小学館[株] - しょうがくかん

A publishing company founded in 1922 by Oga Yoshihiro (1897-1938), it is the second largest general publisher after Kodansha. It started out by publishing educational magazines for elementary school students by grade, and then expanded to magazines for young children and teachers, as well as various monthly and weekly magazines, with the number of titles currently exceeding 50. In particular, its comic magazine sales are on a par with Shueisha and Kodansha. In addition to publishing general books, picture books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc., it also has a large share of the character division, including Doraemon and Pokemon. As of 2011, the company's capital was 147 million yen, and sales for the fiscal year ending February 2011 were 111.1 billion yen.
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Japanese:

1922年相賀(おうが)祥宏〔1897-1938〕が創立した出版社。講談社に次ぐ大手総合出版社。小学生向けの学年別学習雑誌の発行に始まり，その後幼児・教師向け雑誌のほか各種の月刊誌や週刊誌を発行し，現在その数は50点以上に達している。なかでもコミック誌は集英社，講談社と並ぶ売上げを誇る。さらに，一般図書，図鑑・辞典類，百科事典などの出版に加え，ドラえもん，ポケモンなどキャラクター部門も大きなシェアを持つ。2011年資本金１億4700万円，2011年２月期売上高1111億円。
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