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Native name | 株式会社光文社 |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Kobunsha |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | October 1, 1945; 79 years ago (1945-10-01) |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
| Products | Books Magazines Manga |
| Owner | Kodansha (45.8%) |
| Website | www |
Kobunsha Co., Ltd. (株式会社光文社,Kabushiki-gaisha Kobunsha) is a Japanesepublishing company. It publishesliterature,manga novels, andwomen's magazines.
Kobunsha was established on October 1, 1945, and belongs to theKodansha group.
The company has published Japanese authors such asTetsuya Honda,Keigo Higashino,Jiro Akagawa,Miyuki Miyabe andArimasa Osawa and foreign authors such asArthur C. Clarke,Jean Genet,Malcolm Gladwell,Jon Ronson,JD Vance,Hanya Yanagihara andZhao Ziyang.[1]
In 1975, Kobunsha published the women's magazineJJ, known as the earliest established women's magazine for college students in Japan.
From 1994 it established the Kobun Foundation and publishing more mystery novels. The Foundation has been awarding a Grand Prize for Best Mystery Novels each year.[1][2]
Kobunsha currently publishes women's magazines such asJJ,Classy andJJ Bis.
