Bungei Shunjū
| Founded | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Kan Kikuchi |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Headquarters location | Chiyoda, Tokyo |
| Key people | Tōru Ueno, president |
| Publication types | magazines and other publications |
| Number of employees | 366 (July 2009) |
| Official website | www |
Bungeishunjū Ltd. (株式会社文藝春秋 Kabushiki-gaisha Bungeishunjū?), established in 1923, is a Japanese publishing company known for its leading monthly magazine Bungeishunjū. The company was founded by Kan Kikuchi. It grants the annual Akutagawa Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in Japan, as well as the annual Naoki Prize for popular novelists. It also grants the annual Bungeishunjū Manga Award for achievement in the manga and illustration fields. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
The company publishes Bungakukai (文學界?), the weekly Bunshun (週刊文春?), and the sports magazine Number, which represent public opinion of literary, political, and sport-journalistic culture, respectively. The Bunshun, in particular, has come to be known for litigation involving freedom of speech issues, particularly alleged privacy violations and defamation; see, for example, Mitsuo Kagawa.
The magazines published by Bungeishunjū include:
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