17-559: Shūkan Gendai ( 週刊現代 , Modern Weekly ) is a general-interest weekly magazine published by Kodansha in Tokyo , Japan. Shūkan Gendai was started in 1959. The magazine has its headquarters in Tokyo . It is published by Kodansha , the largest publishing house in Japan, which covers entertainment news, as well as hard news such as interviews with the Prime Minister of Japan and other VIPs in
34-471: A kendo practice-hall established by Seiji Noma in 1925. However, the hall was demolished in November 2007 and replaced with a dōjō in a new building nearby. The company announced that it was closing its English-language publishing house, Kodansha International, at the end of April 2011. Their American publishing house, Kodansha USA , will remain in operation. Kodansha USA began issuing new publications under
51-487: A circulation of 720,000 copies. It was 383,860 copies in 2010 and 407,949 copies in 2011. Kodansha Kodansha Ltd. ( Japanese : 株式会社講談社 , Hepburn : Kabushiki-gaisha Kōdansha ) is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō , Tokyo . Kodansha publishes the manga magazines Nakayoshi , Afternoon , Evening , Weekly Shōnen Magazine , and Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine , as well as
68-581: A companion magazine to the NHK children's show Okāsan to Issho . The two companies often clash editorially, however. The October 2000 issue of Gendai accused NHK of staging footage used in a news report in 1997 on dynamite fishing in Indonesia. NHK sued Kodansha in the Tokyo District Court, which ordered Kodansha to publish a retraction and pay ¥4 million in damages. Kodansha appealed the decision and reached
85-496: A settlement whereby it had to issue only a partial retraction and to pay no damages. Gendai ' s sister magazine Shūkan Gendai nonetheless published an article probing further into the staged-footage controversy that has dogged NHK. This is a list of manga magazines published by Kodansha. Kodomo (children's) manga magazines Shōnen manga magazines Seinen manga magazines Shōjo manga magazines Josei manga magazines Web magazines Kodansha organizes
102-459: The 2005 takeover-war for Nippon Broadcasting System between Livedoor and Fuji TV , Kodansha supported Fuji TV by selling its stock to Fuji TV. Kodansha has a somewhat complicated relationship with NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai), Japan's public broadcaster . Many of the manga and novels published by Kodansha have spawned anime adaptations. Animation such as Cardcaptor Sakura , aired in NHK's Eisei Anime Gekijō time-slot, and Kodansha published
119-499: The 2018 pageant. Kodansha presents the following awards: Kodansha Manga Award The Kodansha Manga Award ( 講談社漫画賞 , Kōdansha Manga Shō ) is one of Japan's major manga awards. The event is sponsored by publisher Kodansha . It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1977. The award is currently awarded in three categories: shōnen , shōjo , and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shōnen and shōjo . The first award for
136-619: The Miss iD pageant , which started in 2012. iD stands for "identity", " idol ", "I", and "diversity", and it is described as a pageant to discover diverse role models for the "new era" without being bound to conventional beauty and lifestyle standards. Married and transgender women are allowed to participate. The Miss ID title is awarded to more than one person each year, and holders of the title include actress Tina Tamashiro , singer Rie Kaneko , and musician Ena Fujita . Computer-generated character Saya and AI character Rinna were semifinalists in
153-471: The Otowa Group, which manages subsidiary companies such as King Records (official name: King Record Co., Ltd.) and Kobunsha , and publishes Nikkan Gendai, a daily tabloid. It also has close ties with Disney and officially sponsors Tokyo Disneyland . Kodansha is the largest publisher in Japan. Revenues dropped due to the 2002 recession in Japan and an accompanying downturn in the publishing industry :
170-718: The United States on May 10, 2023. It started approximately with 400 titles, of which 70 were simultaneous publications of ongoing series. On October 21, 2024, it was announced that the service became available in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. On May 24, 2024, Kodansha announced that they acquired publisher Wani Books and turned it into a wholly-owned subsidiary. The Kodansha company holds ownership in various broadcasting companies in Japan. It also owns shares in Nippon Cultural Broadcasting and Kobunsha. In
187-409: The company into its wholly-owned subsidiary. On November 30, 2022, Kodansha announced an extended partnership with Disney to release anime originals based on its manga exclusively on video streaming service Disney+ starting with the second season of Tokyo Revengers . On March 21, 2023, Kodansha announced a manga distribution service called "K Manga" which was initially launched exclusively in
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#1732870153259204-583: The company posted a loss in the 2002 financial year for the first time since the end of World War II . (The second-largest publisher, Shogakukan , has done relatively better. In the 2003 financial year, Kodansha had revenues of ¥167 billion compared to ¥150 billion for Shogakukan. Kodansha, at its peak, led Shogakukan by over ¥50 billion in revenue.) Kodansha sponsors the prestigious Kodansha Manga Award which has run since 1977 (and since 1960 under other names). Kodansha's headquarters in Tokyo once housed Noma Dōjō ,
221-450: The female readership has been increasing, with 30% of the readership now female as against 10% in the past. Shūkan Gendai is well known for its anti-nuclear power stance including opposing the restarting nuclear power stations. In November 2012 the magazine was verbally warned by the Japanese authorities due to the obscene photos of female genitalia published. In 2001 Shūkan Gendai had
238-598: The head administrator of the international branch, Kentaro Tsugumi, starting in September 2012 with a hardcover release of The Spirit of Aikido. Many of Kodansha USA's older titles have been reprinted. According to Daniel Mani of Kodansha USA, Inc., "Though we did stopped [ sic ] publishing new books for about a year starting from late 2011, we did continue to sell most of our older title throughout that period (so Kodansha USA never actually closed)." In October 2016, Kodansha acquired publisher Ichijinsha and turned
255-511: The literary magazine, Yūben , ( 雄辯 ) as its first publication. The name Kodansha (taken from Kōdan Club ( 講談倶楽部 ), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged with the Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai . The company has used its current legal name since 1958. It uses the motto "omoshirokute, tame ni naru" ( 面白くて、ためになる , "To be interesting and beneficial") . Kodansha Limited owns
272-522: The more literary magazines Gunzō , Shūkan Gendai , and the Japanese dictionary , Nihongo Daijiten . Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1910, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1910 as a spin-off of the Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai ( 大日本雄辯會 , "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced
289-407: The political and financial world. It also contains essays and opinions by well-known authors in serial form. In its photo section, it runs news photos in both black and white and in color. The magazine competes primarily with three other weekly magazines: Shūkan Bunshun , Shūkan Shincho and Shūkan Post . Although the magazine is aimed primarily at businessmen in their 40s to 60s, recently
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