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Kobunsha
is a Japanese publishing company. It publishes literature, manga novels, and women's magazines. Company history Kobunsha was established on October 1, 1945, and belongs to the Kodansha group. The company has published Japanese authors such as Tetsuya Honda, Keigo Higashino, Jiro Akagawa, Miyuki Miyabe and Arimasa Osawa and foreign authors such as Arthur C. Clarke, Jean Genet, Malcolm Gladwell, Jon Ronson, JD Vance, Hanya Yanagihara and Zhao Ziyang.About Us kobunsha.com. Retrieved June 21, 2022. In 1975, Kobunsha published the women's magazine '' JJ'', 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josei Jishin
is a Japanese weekly women's magazine, which has been in circulation since 1958. Published by Kobunsha, it is the first weekly women's magazine in Japan, which targets single-working women. History and profile ''Josei Jishin'' was established in 1958, and the first issue was published on 2 December 1958. The founding company is Kobunsha. The magazine is published on a weekly basis. It developed a collaboration with American youth magazine ''Seventeen (American magazine), Seventeen'' and published its photographs during the initial years. In 1999 due to its fortieth anniversary the magazine was redesigned, including its logo. The magazine is the recipient of Fuji Sankei award for four times. Circulation ''Josei Jishin'' sold 705,399 copies in the second half of 1979. In 2006 the circulation of the magazine was 519,464 copies. Its circulation was 255,089 copies in 2010 and 243,568 in 2011. Legal issues In October 2007, J-pop duo Pink Lady (duo), Pink Lady sued Kobunsha for 3.7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Evening'', ''Weekly Young Magazine'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Weekly Gendai, Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary, ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1909, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1909 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine, ''Yūben,'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JJ (magazine)
''JJ'' is a Japanese fashion and lifestyle magazine published by Kobunsha. It was established in 1975 as an extra issue of ''Josei Jishin'', and was the first women's magazine for college students in Japan. Most readers of ''JJ'' are females between the ages of 17 and 26, and range from college students to office workers. ''JJ'' advises its readers to dress conservatively. It uses many professional fashion models, however the models it uses are not necessarily under exclusive contract with ''JJ''. The model Ryoko Tanami is frequently featured in '' Classy'', a version of ''JJ'' targeted to women aged between 24 and 28. ''JJ Bis'' is a version of ''JJ'' magazine for older teens. Models featured in ''JJ'' Current References * Nicole ( ja) * Ai Okawa * Karen Fujii * Miwako Kakei * Mayuko Arisue * Lisa Kikukawa ( ja) * Kako Kondō * Hirona Yamazaki * Erina Mano * Yuna Kawaguchi * Hina Higuchi ( ja) * Mizuho Habu * Ayaka Takamoto ( ja) Past * Ema Asō * Reira Aoyama ( ja) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Miyabe
is a Japanese writer of genre fiction. She has won numerous Japanese literary awards, including the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature, the Shiba Ryotaro Prize, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been widely adapted for film, television, manga, and video games, and has been translated into over a dozen languages. Early life and education Miyabe was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1960. Her mother was a seamstress and her father was an assembly line worker at a factory. She graduated from Sumidagawa High School, then attended a business training school before taking an administrative job at a law office. Career Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. In 1984, while working at a law office, Miyabe began to take writing classes at a writing school run by the Kodansha publishing company. She made her literary debut in 1987 with 'Our Neighbour is a Criminal' "Warera ga rinjin no hanzai" (我らが隣人の犯 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bis (magazine)
''Bis'' is a fashion magazine directed at teenage women published in Japan by Kobunsha is a Japanese publishing company. It publishes literature, manga novels, and women's magazines. Company history Kobunsha was established on October 1, 1945, and belongs to the Kodansha group. The company has published Japanese authors such a .... The magazine is an affiliate of the magazine '' JJ''. History The magazine was first published in 2001 as ''JJ Bis'', intended as a version of ''JJ'' for a younger audience. The magazine was renamed to ''Bis'' in 2006. Due to low sales, the magazine went out of print after the June 2006 edition, but was restarted in September 2017. , former editor of the magazine ''LARME'', was named editor in chief. External links * References 2001 establishments in Japan Kobunsha Lifestyle magazines published in Japan Magazines established in 2001 Magazines disestablished in 2006 Magazines established in 2017 Magazines published in Tokyo Month ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classy (magazine)
''Monthly Classy Magazine'' is a Japanese women's magazine. Its title, ''Classy'', is derived from the English adjective '' classy''. It is estimated that the average reader of ''Classy'' magazine is between the age of 24 and 28. The magazine is known to be popular with office ladies (widely known as OL in Japan). It is also famous among university students as a magazine for fashion. History ''Classy'' was first published in 1984. The magazine is published by Kobunsha. The magazine targets women in their 20s. It is a sister magazine of '' JJ'', and has been published since 1984 by the same company. The two magazines are closely linked, and often, models who posed for ''JJ'' magazine in their youth will return a few years later to model for ''Classy''. Models In the beginning, most of the models were American supermodels, however changes in the policy led to the inclusion of more and more local models. Famous Japanese supermodels, namely and started their modeling careers b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Timothy Gladwell (born 3 September 1963) is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' since 1996. He has published eight books. He is also the host of the podcast ''Revisionist History (podcast), Revisionist History'' and co-founder of the podcast company Pushkin Industries. Gladwell's writings often deal with the unexpected implications of research in the social sciences, such as sociology and psychology, and make frequent and extended use of academic work. Gladwell was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2011."Governor General Announces 50 New Appointments to the Order of Canada" The Governor General of Canada, 30 June 2011. Early life and education Gladwell was born in Fareham, Hampshire ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mart (magazine)
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Story (Japanese Magazine)
Story or stories may refer to: Common uses * Narrative, an account of imaginary or real people and events ** Short story, a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting ** News story, an event or topic reported by a news organization * Storey (also spelled ''story'' in American English), a floor or level of a building Social media *Story (social media), a message, image or video, often ephemeral ** Facebook Stories, short user-generated photo or video collections that can be uploaded to the user's Facebook ** Instagram Stories, a feature in Instagram that let the user post vertical images that will disappear in 24 hours ** Snapchat Stories, a feature in Snapchat which allows users to compile snaps into chronological storylines, accessible to all of their friends Film, television and radio * Story Television, an American digital broadcast television network * Story TV, a South Korean television drama production company * ''Story'' (TV programme), a 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Very (magazine)
Very may refer to: * English's prevailing intensifier Businesses * The Very Group, a British retail/consumer finance corporation ** Very (online retailer), their main e-commerce brand * VERY TV, a Thai television channel Places * Véry, a commune in Meuse department, France * Very (lunar crater), on the Moon * Very (Martian crater), on Mars Music * ''Very'' (Pet Shop Boys album), 1993 * ''Very'' (Dreamscape album), 1999 * ''Very'', an album by Miki Furukawa, 2010 People * Edward Wilson Very (1847–1910), US Navy officer, inventor of the Very flare gun * Frank Washington Very (1852–1927), American astronomer * Jones Very (1813–1880), American poet, essayist, clergyman and mystic * Lydia Louisa Anna Very (1823–1901), American author and illustrator * Pierre Véry (1900–1960), French novelist and screenwriter * Very Idham Henyansyah (born 1978), Indonesian serial killer Other uses * Very, the most common type of flare gun See also * Vary (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
