Shinchosha Co., Ltd. - Confidence

Japanese: 新潮社[株] - しんちょうしゃ

Founded by Sato Yoshiaki in 1904, Shincho is a long-established literary publisher. It contributed to nurturing new writers and introducing foreign literature, mainly through the magazine Shincho, which was launched in the same year. From the Taisho to the early Showa eras, it published magazines such as Bunsho Club and Bungaku Jidai, as well as the 100-yen edition of World Literature Collection and the Japanese Literature Dictionary. Shincho Bunko, which was launched in 1914, has grown to become one of Japan's leading paperback libraries, along with Iwanami Bunko. After World War II, it launched Geijutsu Shincho in 1950, ushered in the boom of weekly magazines with Weekly Shincho in 1956, and launched Focus in 1981, pioneering a new style of weekly photo magazine (it ceased publication in 2001). In the book field, it has also been active in a variety of areas, mainly literary books, such as Shincho Sensho and Shincho Shinsho. In recent years, it has also been focusing on cassette books, videos, and CD-ROMs in addition to printed matter. Capital as of 2011: 150 million yen.
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Japanese:

1904年佐藤義亮が創立した文芸出版の老舗。同年創刊の雑誌《新潮》を中心に，新人作家の育成や外国文学の紹介に貢献。大正〜昭和初期にかけて雑誌《文章倶楽部》《文学時代》などのほか，円本《世界文学全集》，また《日本文学大辞典》などを刊行。1914年創刊の〈新潮文庫〉は〈岩波文庫〉と並ぶ日本の代表的な文庫に成長した。第２次大戦後は1950年《芸術新潮》を創刊，1956年《週刊新潮》によって週刊誌ブームの先鞭をつけ，1981年には《フォーカス》を発刊し，新しいスタイルの写真週刊誌の先駆けとなった（2001年休刊）。書籍分野でも文芸書を中心に〈新潮選書〉〈新潮新書〉など多彩な活動を展開している。近年，印刷物以外のカセット本，ビデオ，CD-ROMにも力を注ぐ。2011年資本金１億5000万円。
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