FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2022
JAPAN BOOTH
JAPAN Booth is a National Collective Stand organized by JAPAN BOOK PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION.
16 publishers will join the Japan Collective Area at Hall 6.1 A98. Also the Japan Book Bank and Japan Media Arts Festival from Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan will exhibit within the Area.You will find here original books from Japan and the rights sellers. We are happy to help you with various kinds of Publishing Contents from JAPAN. Please visit our booth! We wish that you will find good stories here!

Japan Booth Exhibitors in FBF2022

Overview of the Japanese Publishing Market in 2021

Japan Book Design Concours: Japan Book Design Awards: We are happy to share with you the winners.


◆Exective Exhibitors

Impress Group
Company Profile: Impress Group is a leading media group consisting of a holding company, Impress Holdings, Inc. and 16 operating companies including Impress Corporation, Rittor Music, Inc., MdN Corporation, Yama-kei Publishers Co., Ltd., Ikaros Publications Ltd., Temjin Co., Ltd, ICE Inc., Kindai Kagaku Sha Co., Ltd. and Impress R&D. Focusing our business area in IT, Music, Design, Nature, Aviation/Railways, and Mobile Service, each operating company develops its business utilizing its expertise. Published more than 900 new titles of books in FY2021.
Publishing genre: IT, Music, Design, Nature
Address:1-105, Kanda Jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0051 Japan
TEL: +81 3-6837-5000
URL: https://www.impressholdings.com/ 
Foreign rights/trade: Nobuo Suzuki(Mr.)
E-mail:suzuki-j*impress.co.jp (Please replace "*" with "@".)
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CHUOKEIZAI-SHA HOLDINGS, INC.
Publishing genre: Management, Accounting, Economics, Corporate Finance, Marketing, Taxation, Business Law, Social Science
Address: 1-31-2, Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0051 JAPAN
TEL: 81+(0)3-3293-3371
URL: https://www.chuokeizai.co.jp 
Foreign rights/trade: Takuya Arizumi(Mr.)
E-mail: arizumit*chuokeizai.co.jp (Please replace "*" with "@".)

Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc.
Company Profile: Since its foundation in 1952, we, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc. have specialized in the publications of children's books and books about children for over 70 years. Today we publish seven monthly-picture books in both fiction and non-fiction which cater for different age groups. In addition to this, there is one magazine aimed for the parents. This comes out monthly, as well. With the support of readership over the generations, we continue to maintain our position in providing quality children's books in various fields.
Publishing genre: Picture books, Juvenile, Science book (for children, young-adult), Non-fiction
Address: 6-6-3, Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8686 JAPAN
TEL: +81 3 3942 2055
URL: https://www.fukuinkan.com/ 
Foreign rights/trade: Yoko Uesugi(Ms.)
E-mail: international-rights*fukuinkan.co.jp (Please replace "*" with "@".)
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Gakken Inc.
Company Profile: We are a general publsiher and have more than 70 years history in Japan. Especially, we have top share for picture books and educational materials.
Publishing genre: Edcatinal materials,STEAM, Picturebook, Health, Hobby
Address: 2-11-8, Nishigotanda, Shinagawaku, Tokyo, Japan
TEL: +81-3-6431-1208
URL: https://www.gakkenplusna.com/ 
Foreign rights/trade: Ms. Lumi Hosokawa
E-mail: inq*gakken.co.jp (Please replace "*" with "@".)

Hikarinokuni Co.,Ltd.
Company Profile: Hikarinokuni is a publishing company that specializes in producing and selling children's picture books, such as monthly picture books distributed to kindergartens directly and picture books put at bookstores.
Since its foundation in 1946, we have adopted the motto, "Filling the children's future with warm light through early childhood education.”
We have continued to contribute to early childhood education for children nationwide by focusing on producing early childhood education picture books for teachers and parents, as well as by selling childcare products such as clothes, playground equipment, stationery, furnitures and souvenirs.
We have more than 6000 products in our catalog, including our original in-house products. Now we are confident that there is no nursery supplies that cannot be found at our company.
Publishing genre: Juvenile, Education, Home economics, Picture book
Address: 3-2-14, Uehonmachi, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0001 JAPAN
TEL: (+)81 6-6768-1151
URL: https://www.hikarinokuni.co.jp 
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JMA Management Center
Company Profile: We are the Japanese publishing company with 80 years of publishing experience. Our books, especially Manga for business people, parenting and Education, takes unique approach to support self learners. Also, our children's books are designed for children to experience the joy of growth throughout their lives.
Publishing genre: Manga for Business people/ Manga for Parenting and Education
Address: Tokyo Nihonbashi Tower 9F, 2-7-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo,103-6009 Japan
TEL: (+)81(0)3-6362-4800
URL: https://www.jmam.co.jp/global/
Foreign rights/trade: Katsuhiro Toyooka (Mr.)
E-mail: global*jmam.co.jp (Please replace "*" with "@".)
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   KADOKAWA CORPORATION
Company Profile: Develops a broad range of businesses as a comprehensive entertainment company, including publishing, video, game, Web service, education, MD and business for inbound customers. Advances digital transformation, including Activity Based Working (ABW), and a global media mix strategy, which focuses on steadily creating Intellectual property (IP) and expanding overseas.
Publishing genre: Manga(Comics), Light Novel, Literature, Artbook, AudioBook etc... Please contact us for more detailed information.
Address: 2-13-3, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8177 JAPAN
TEL: 81+(0)50-1744-2186
URL: https://www.kadokawa.co.jp 
Foreign rights/trade: Mr. Yuki Miyoshi
E-mail: miyoshi-y*kadokawa.jp (Please replace "*" with "@")
 

KODANSHA Ltd.
Company Profile: KODANSHA Ltd. is Japan’s leading publishing house based in Tokyo, having delivered stories into ready hands across the globe with a wide variety of content from comic book to novels, fashion magazines, news journals, and picture books for children, as well as TV anime, movies, series, and video games since 1909 in the spirit of “Inspire Impossible Stories.” KODANSHA is globally recognized as the licensor of some of the world’s most loved comic book IPs, such as AKIRA, Attack on Titan, and Ghost in the Shell.
Publishing genre: Fiction, General literature, Non-fiction, Juvenile, Fine arts, Home economics, Business, Comics
Address: 2-12-21 Otowa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8001 Japan
TEL: +81-3-5395-3576
URL: https://www.kodansha.co.jp 
E-mail: oubei_shoseki*kodansha.co.jp (Please replace "*" with "@".)

Ohmsha, Ltd.
Company Profile: Since its foundation in 1914, Ohmsha has been publishing books and magazines in most major fields of science and technology such as information science, telecommunications, electrical and electronic engineering, applied physics, mechanical control, architecture and civil engineering, air conditioning, chemical and environmental sciences, life science and medical electronics. Those books include textbooks for college courses, technical books, practical books for engineers in the field and reference books for certifying examinations. We also publishes many books that are rich in manga and illustrations. In particular, "The Manga Guide" series has a reputation for making it easy to learn specialized content, and has long been loved by readers.
Publishing genre: Engineering, Technology, Computer, Architecture, Science
Address: 3-1, Kandanishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8460 Japan
TEL: +81 3-3233-0794
URL: https://www.ohmsha.co.jp 
Foreign rights/trade: Haelin Shin(Ms.)
E-mail: h.shin*ohmsha.co.jp (Please replace "*" with "@".)
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OVERLAP, INC
Company Profile: OVERLAP Inc. is a manga and novel publisher established in 2011. Focusing on the popular Isekai/Reincarnation genre, publishing 84 manga and 140 novels per year.
Business Operations:
-Book Publishing
-Animation Production
-Pokemon publishing, music and videograms
-Game Production
Address: 8-1-5 Nishigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-0031 Japan
TEL: 81-3-6721-6921
URL: https://over-lap.co.jp 


POPLAR Publishing Co., Ltd.
Company Profile: For many years since the company’s founding in 1947, Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd. made a name for itself in the Japanese publishing industry as a children’s books publisher. Poplar expanded into books for adult readers in 1999. Today, the company puts out bestsellers in a diverse range of genres for both children and other audiences.
Publishing genre: Childrens, Fiction, Non-fiction
Address: Sumitomo Fudosan Kojimachi First Bldg., 4-2-6 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 102-8519 Japan
URL: https://www.poplar.co.jp/foreignRights/
E-mail: foreign-rights-sales*poplar.co.jp (Please replace "*" with "@".)
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Sanshusha Publishing Co.,Ltd.
Company Profile: SANSHUSHA is a publisher specializing in language learning founded in 1938.
Since its foundation, we have published language materials, mainly foreign dictionaries, books on linguistic theory and textbooks for universities, based on the principle of “Providing the best learning materials”. In addition to these language-related books, we now publish a diverse line-up of books on literature, history, cross-cultural understanding and foreign affairs, practical law, preparation for various qualifications, hobbies and practical books.
Since 2006, we have been a member of the Brain Group, a comprehensive media production company involved in publishing, video, web and mobile content, games and other productions, and are engaged in publishing activities linked to the latest digital media.
Publishing genre: Languages, Dictionaries, Law, Literature
Address: Aoyamakumanojinja bldg.,2-2-22,Jingu-mae,Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 150-0001 Japan
TEL: (+)81(0)3-3405-4511
URL: https://www.sanshusha.co.jp
E-mail: webmaster*sanshusha.co.jp (Please replace "*" with "@".)
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SHOGAKUKAN
Company Profile: Shogakukan, founded in 1922, began by launching learning magazines targeting elementary school children. Currently, while expanding from children's magazines to the general magazine field, it has also become a general publishing company with a book division that releases picture books, pictorial guides, dictionaries, encyclopedias, literary works, etc.
Publishing genre: Children's books, education, encyclopedias, literature, non-fiction, etc.
Address: 2-3-1, Hitotsubashi. Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN, 1018001
TEL: 81+(0)332305539
URL: https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/en/company/ 
Foreign rights/trade: Mr. Mitsuru Saito
E-mail: mansaito*mail.shogakukan.co.jp(Please replace "*" with "@")


SHUEISHA Inc.
Company Profile: In Japanese, our name means “gathering of intellect,” and we at Shueisha Inc. convey useful information, profound knowledge, and great entertainment to millions each day through many platforms of communication. As one of Japan’s leading publishers, our publications encompass a wide range of subjects and genres, from magazines, literature, art, children’s, and reference books, to manga (comics/graphic novels).
Publishing genre: manga, literature, nonfiction, news, business, culture, art, children’s, complete works series, dictionaries, etc.
Address: Kanda Jinbocho, 3-13 Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-8050 Japan
URL: https://www.shueisha.co.jp 
Foreign rights/trade: Tsutomu KIKUCHI(Mr)
E-mail: rights_international*shueisha.co.jp(Please replace "*" with "@")
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TO Books,Inc.
Company Profile: We provide highly entertaining story content, mainly focusing on fictional stories. Our mission is to create and develop Intellectual Property (IP), proactively working on Media franchise such as audio books, games, anime, and movies. We are currently expanding our license business with foreign companies. For example, our most popular work “Ascendance of a Bookworm” series is translated into many languages and sold in more than 20 different countries.
Publishing genre: Fiction
Address: 11F,PMO Shibuya U,3-1-1,Shibuya,Shibuya-ku,Tokyo,150-0002,Japan
TEL: +81-3-6452-5765
URL: http://www.tobooks.jp 
Foreign rights/trade: Ms.Kano Yurina
E-mail: rights*tobooks.jp(Please replace "*" with "@")
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◆Cooperative Exhibitors

REIJINSHA Co., Ltd.
Company Profile: Our business involves offering all manner of support for the needs of contemporary artists who are active at an international level. To that end, REIJINSHA holds large-scale exhibitions in Japan in order to introduce remarkably unique artists, regardless of nationality, we publish art books that reflect the times, and we produce a variety of other printed matter related to art. Internationally, we hold exhibitions to introduce the various genre of art that can be found in present-day Japan, assist domestic artists in applying for participation in international art fairs, as well as for exhibition in the strictly-judged public subscription exhibitions of Europe, and even manage group conferences between artists of each country.
Address: 28F Osaka Ekimae-3rd Bldg.,1-1-3 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0001 JAPAN
TEL: +81 (0)6-6345-9950
URL: https://www.reijinsha.com 
Foreign rights/trade: Toshihisa Kasahara(Mr.)
E-mail: kaasahara*reijinsha.com (Please replace "*" with "@") 
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