| Type | Business corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | January 1923 |
| Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Tōru Ueno, President |
| Products | magazines and other publications |
| Employees | 366 (July 2009)[1] |
| Website | http://www.bunshun.co.jp/ |
Bungeishunjū Ltd. (株式会社文藝春秋 Kabushiki-gaisha Bungeishunjū), established in 1923, is a Japanese publishing company known for its leading monthly magazine Bungeishunjū. It also grants the annual Akutagawa Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in Japan, as well as the annual Naoki Prize for popular novelists. It also grants the annual Bungeishunjū Manga Award for achievement in the manga and illustration fields. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.[1]
The company publishes Bungakukai (文學界), the weekly Bunshun (週刊文春), and the sports magazine Number, which represent public opinion of literary, political, and sport-journalistic culture, respectively. The Bunshun, in particular, has come to be known for litigation involving freedom of speech issues, particularly alleged privacy violations and defamation; for example Mitsuo Kagawa
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The magazines published by Bungeishunjū include:
Bungeishunjū was founded in 1923 by writer Kan Kikuchi. The company was disbanded in March 1946 but was reestablished in June of the same year.[1]