Kenkyūsha
| Public (unlisted) | |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | November 1907 |
| Headquarters | 〒102-8152 Fujimi 2-11-3 Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
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Key people
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Masao Sekido (representative Director), Goichirō Kosakai (founder) |
| Products | dictionaries |
| Subsidiaries | Kenkyūsha Publishing (研究社出版株式会社 Kenkyūsha Shuppan Kabushikigaisha?) |
| Website | kenkyusha.co.jp |
The Kenkyusha Co., Ltd. (株式会社 研究社 Kabushikigaisha Kenkyūsha?) is a publishing house with headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Its product range is centered on foreign language—mainly English—dictionaries and textbooks. The name, Kenkyūsha, can be translated as "study/research company".
The company was founded by Goichirō Kosakai as English Kenkyūsha (英語研究社 Eigo Kenkyūsha?) in 1907 published the first edition of Elementary English Study (初等英語研究 Shotō Eigo Kenkyū?) one year later. In 1916 the company's name was changed to its present: Kenkyūsha.
The predecessor of Senior High School English Study (高校英語研究 Kōkō Eigo Kenkyū?) titled Examination and Student (受験と学生 Juken to Gakusei?) was launched in 1917. The company extended its product range in 1918 with the Japanese-English Dictionary (和英大辞典 Wa-Ei Daijiten?), a large dictionary, compiled by Yoshitarō Takenobu.
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