This article showcases our top picks for the best Japanese based Publishing companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Publishing industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Japanese Publishing Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Nexon
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Nexon is an entertainment software developing company that creates free-to-play online games.
Kakao Japan
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Kakao Japan is a free smartphone calling and messenger application.
PoliPoli
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PoliPoli is a next-generation politics co-creation platform where you can participate like a game.
Spectee
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Spectee is a start-up company that specializes in analyzing various data especially on social media.
PR Times
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PR TIMES is, toward sensitive consumers to trend, and will deliver the attention of the press release earlier than news.
Lovegraph
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Lovegraph (Love graph), photographer to accompany a couple of our dating, is a service that leaves two people talking to are wearing.
INBOUND TECHNOLOGY
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INBOUND TECHNOLOGY is a Japanese society faces many challenges due to the declining birthrate and aging population.
Happy Elements Japan
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Happy Elements is focused on the development of social, web, and mobile games as well as publishing services.
KAMOMEYA
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Kamomeya is an island and live because of inconvenience in transportation and transportation.
Brangista
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Brangista is an e-magazine publishing company that provides web promotion support business and more.
Listeners
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Listeners is a Publishing and sales of books, magazines and digital media company.
DORAEVER
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DORAEVER specializes in the editing and publishing of job information magazine.
Toppan Printing
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Toppan Printing is a developer and manufacturer of a variety of communication based electronics.
CyberStep
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CyberStep is a publisher of interactive entertainment like online games.
Books & Company
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Books & Company is providing a wide range of readers with new works that are in line with the times.
Konami Digital Entertainment
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Konami Digital Entertainment develops, manufactures, and publishes electronic entertainment products.
EXNOA
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EXNOA delivers games planned and developed in-house and game titles with the cooperation of publishers to users.
The Bullion Desk
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This is the home of The Bullion Desk online
Media Do
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Media Do is an online platform that stores and distributes ebook content on behalf of book publishers.
Kodansha
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Kodansha is the publisher in Japan and produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine.
Kadokawa Corporation
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Kadokawa Co is a publishing & media firm dealing with publishing, film, operation of network entertainment service & other services.
The Asahi Shimbun Company
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The Asahi Shimbun Company is a publishing company that offers daily Japanese-language newspaper.
Kyodo News
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Kyodo News is a non-profit cooperative news agency that provides international news.
Square Enix Group
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Square Enix Group publishes, distributes, and licenses entertainment content around the world.
NTT DATA Global Solutions
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NTT DATA Global Solutions is a globalization demands of systems due to global expansion of Japanese company
The Diplomat Magazine
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The Diplomat is the premier international current-affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific region.
ZigZaGame
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Planning, development and management of smartphone games
Shueisha
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Shueisha is an entertainment magazine publishing company that published weekly magazines such as Playboy and LEE.
VOYAGER
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VOYAGER develops digital publishing system and digital marketing tools.
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
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Sony Music is a management and management of the entire Sony Music Group by holding shares.
DIAMOND
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DIAMOND publishes and sales magazines, books and digital media.
Idea Factory
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Idea Factory is a Japanese video game developer and publisher.
Indigames
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Indigames specializes in game publishing and game development services.
Nikkei BPnet
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Nikkei BPnet is a comprehensive website that offers information for business professionals.
Uni Create
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Uni Create is a xR content production IT venture.
The Japan Times
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The Japan Times is the oldest and the only independent English language newspaper in Japan.
Individual Company Inc
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Individual Inc. provides news services.
TV Asahi
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TV Asahi is a Japanese television network covering drama series and high-quality variety shows.
Tokuma Shoten
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Tokuma Shoten is a publisher company engages in the publishing of music, video game, movies, anime, magazines, manga and books.
Nikkei Asian Review
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Nikkei Asian Review is an English-language publication that brings insights about business, finance, economic, and political news in Asia.
BOOK WALKER
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BOOK WALKER is an electronic bookstore that provides popular works from various publishers.
NNA JAPAN
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NNA JAPAN is a news publishing company that provides economic and business information services.
Impress Group
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Impress Holdings is a specialized media group focusing on IT, music, design, nature, and mobile services.
Ubisoft Japan
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Ubisoft Japan provides game software publishing and licensing services.
The Okinawa Times
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The Okinawa Times is a provider of newspapers for news, gourmet foods, gifts, and event information.
Toyo Keizai
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Toyo Keizai is a leader in business publishing and a trusted commentator on Japanese politics and economics.
Phoenixx
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Phoenixx is a video game development company that provides video games and publishing services.
GIONEXT
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GIONEXT specializes in website creation, GIS and publishing data services.
Enish
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Enish is a mobile game development and publishing company.
SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS
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Sports Nippon Newspapers is a sports newspaper publisher that features newspaper-type weekly manga.
Gakken Holdings Japan
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Gakken Holdings is a publishing company that also produces educational toys.
Lifebear
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Japan’s largest notebook app with calendar, todo, notebook and diary
SHINCHOSHA
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SHINCHOSHA is a publishing company that distributes and publishes literature and art books and magazines.
EXASOL
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EXASOL engages in the information and communication services business.
Bunkasha
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Bunkasha is a publishing company specialized in comics, magazines and books.
Hearst Digital Japan
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“Hearst Digital Japan Co., Ltd.” accelerates the growth of the digital business
KENTSU SHIMBUNSHA
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KENTSU SHIMBUNSHA publishes news related to the construction industry.
Hokkaido Shimbun Press
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Hokkaido Shimbun Press is a newspaper publisher that features Hokkaido Shimbun morning newspaper and evening newspaper.
X-Knowledge
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X-Knowledge is a publisher of magazines, mooks and books that provides information on architecture, design, computers and their peripherals.
Peacemind
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Peacemind is an Implementation of stress check, organizational analysis, organization consulting company.
CHUCO Co., Ltd.
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CHUCO is a Japan-based company that publishes and distributes free papers and magazines.
IndieSquare
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IndieSquare is a publishing company for APIs and SDKs for developers.
Shinko Music Entertainment
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Shinko Music Entertainment is an online marketplace that provides books, music, and magazines.
Beeworks
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Beeworks focuses on publishing services, advertising and sales promotion, web production, and game development.
CAMELOVE
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Cameloveis a Camera equipment rental subscription service.
K.Sense
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K.Sense is a newspaper and magazine publishing company.
CHARACTER DATABANK
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CHARACTER DATABANK provides media business, web, publishing, marketing research business and consulting business.
oricon ME
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oricon news is a Production and operation music distribution service.
Brainy
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Brainy is a publisher trading desk that offers unique solutions to customers.
MouseComputer
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Mouse is a contact point that connects people and computers.
Shoeisha
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Shoeisha is a publishing company that specializes in computer and software books.
Senken Shimbun
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Senken Shimbun is a Japanese fashion newspaper.
link-ties
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link-ties provides publishing, digital media, and event services.
Playism
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The worldwide indie publisher specializing in localization, PC & console publishing.
Core Magazine
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Core Magazine focuses in the editing and publishing of subculture magazines, comics, adult magazines, etc.
Gakken Plus Japan
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Gakken Plus is a publishing business offering a catalog of books and magazines.
AIC
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AIC specializes in the publishing business, content business and ICT solution business.
Telemac
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Telemac engages in music production in general and dispatch of live musicians.
Kyodo News Digital
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Kyodo News Digital distributes news and builds systems in the digital field such as news sites and signage.
Cuore
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Cuore provides web production, graphics, video production, and IT services.
Kadokawa Haruki Office
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Kadokawa Haruki Office is a publishing company that publishes books, paperback books, and magazines.
The Home Living
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The Home Living is a newspaper for furniture and home furnishing.
VOUTIQUE
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VOUTIQUE is a media, publishing, and public relations support company.
Japan Hydrographic Association
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Japan Hydrographic Association offers reproducing and distributing Japanese nautical, aeronautical and electronic navigational charts.
Index Press
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Index Press is a science & engineering, computers, civil engineering and environmental publishing company.