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Mass media companies based in Tokyo

  • Nippon TelevisionNippon Television went on the air on the 28th of August 1953, and the very first TV commercial it broadcast aired upside-down by mistake.
  • Mainichi ShimbunMainichi Shimbun has been printing daily newspapers in Japan since 1872, making it one of the oldest surviving daily papers in the country.
  • The Asahi ShimbunThe Asahi Shimbun first appeared on the 25th of January 1879, sold for one sen a copy, and fit everything it had to say on four pages.
  • TV AsahiTV Asahi broadcasts from a sleek building in Roppongi, Tokyo, designed by architect Fumihiko Maki, a structure that would have seemed impossible to the…
  • King Records (Japan)January 1931 marked the birth of King Records as a division within the Japanese publisher Kodansha. The label operated under this parent company for nearly…
  • ShogakukanShogakukan operates as a Japanese state-owned enterprise under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
  • TV TokyoTV Tokyo broadcasts today from the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Tokyo, as the flagship of the TX Network.
  • Kadokawa ShotenGenyoshi Kadokawa established Kadokawa Shoten on the 10th of November 1945 in Tokyo. The company began its publishing journey with a specific imprint called…
  • Square EnixSquare Enix was born from the union of two companies that had long watched each other across Japan's video game landscape.
  • CoamixCoamix is a Japanese manga and anime production company whose founding story reads like a creative reunion. On the 4th of June 2000, a small but notable…
  • TMS EntertainmentIn 1946, a company named Kyokuichi opened its doors in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It began as a textile manufacturer before changing its trade name to…
  • NHKNHK, Japan's statutory public broadcaster, carries a history stretching back to a radio station founded in 1924 under Count Gotō Shinpei.
  • Pony Canyonthe 1st of October 1966 marked the founding of Nippon Broadcasting System Service, Inc. by Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.
  • NTT PublishingNTT Publishing operates as an affiliate company within the larger NTT corporate group. This relationship defines its business scope and operational…
  • NBCUniversal Entertainment JapanNBCUniversal Entertainment Japan sits at an unusual crossroads: it is a Japanese anime powerhouse owned by an American telecommunications giant…
  • SoftBank GroupSoftBank Group began not as a tech empire but as a software distributor founded in September 1981 by then-24-year-old Masayoshi Son.
  • Production I.GOn the 15th of December 1987, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Goto established I.G Tatsunoko Ltd. in Tokyo. This new entity began as a branch studio under…
  • VAP, Inc.VAP, Inc. stands for Video and Audio Project, a name that quietly tells you everything about what this Japanese entertainment company set out to do.
  • WowowWowow is a satellite broadcasting and premium television station based in Tokyo, and it holds a distinction most Japanese viewers take for granted today: it…