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Bungeishunju

Bungeishunjū Ltd.
株式会社文藝春秋
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.bunshun.co.jp

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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