Chuokoron-Shinsha
K. K. Chūōkōron Shinsha (Japanese株式会社 中央 公论 新社, Kabushiki - gaisha Chūōkōron Shinsha ) is a Japanese publishing company that was founded in 1886 under the name Chūōkōron -sha. Since 1999, the publishing house belongs to the Yomiuri Shimbun group, which is why the prefix shin (新, dt "new") was inserted in the publisher name. In Japan, the abbreviation Chuko (中 公) and the short name Yomiko (読 公) are also common.
History
The publishing house was founded in 1886 by the Hansei -kai (反省 会), a group of like -minded people of the temple Nishi Hongan -ji, in Kyoto. From the following year on dei magazine Hanseikai Zasshi (反省 会 雑 志), which was later renamed Chūōkōron (中央 公论) appeared. 1896 moved its headquarters to the publisher Tōkyō. 1914, the company was renamed Chūōkōron -sha and 1926 listed on the stock exchange.
A new form of the newspaper, the Sogo Zasshi (総 合 雑 志, " General-Anzeiger "), which in a critical issue on various topics (politics, economy, society, culture ) reported expanded the publisher. In 1916, the literary journal Fujinkōron (妇人 公论) joined joined the portfolio.
In 1990, the publishing house was rescued during the economic crisis of the Yomiuri Shimbun from bankruptcy and taken over completely in 1999. 2002, the Yomiuri Shimbun in the course of restructuring into a holding company, the Yomiuri Shimbun Gurūpu Honsha (読売新聞 グループ 本社), transformed, in which it still exists today.
The original publisher Chūōkōron -sha in 1999 in KK Heisei Shuppan (株式会社 平 成 出版) renamed and liquidated in 2002.
Company Profile
The publishing house publishes a variety of books, magazines, manga and magazines, such as the two literary magazines Chūōkōron and Fujinkōron.
In addition, the publisher assigns some prestigious literary and academic awards, such as the Tanizaki - Jun'ichirô Prize, the Yomiuri - Yoshino- Sakuzō Prize, the Yoshino- Sakuzō Prize, the woman Literary Award, the Women's Young Investigator Award, the Chūōkōron Prize for Literature and the Chūōkōron young Investigator Award.