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Tokyo Shoseki

Japanese publishing company

Tokyo Shoseki Co. Ltd. (東京書籍株式会社) is a Japanese company engaged in the textbook and other publishing businesses. The company is well known as the largest publisher of textbooks in Japan, but also publishes reference books and Digital textbooks, educational assessment question, and many other general books (mainly educational books, personal documents, and literary books), in a wide range of business areas. The company was founded in 1909 and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009.2 It is part of Toppan Holdings.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1909Founded1
  • Industryevaluation, publishing, schoolbook publisher, video game industry1
  • HeadquartersKita1
  • Websitewww.tokyo-shoseki.co.jp
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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Tokyo Shoseki Head Office
Photo: あばさー, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Tokyo Shoseki Co. Ltd. (東京書籍株式会社) is a Japanese company engaged in the textbook and other publishing businesses. The company is well known as the largest publisher of textbooks in Japan, but also publishes reference books and Digital textbooks, educational assessment question, and many other general books (mainly educational books, personal documents, and literary books), in a wide range of business areas. The company was founded in 1909 and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009.2

Corporate structure

Tokyo Shoseki is part of a group headed by Toppan Holdings. 13 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • textbook

Listed on Wikidata.1

Textbook

For elementary schools – 10 types (Japanese, shodo-calligraphy, social studies, arithmetic, science, English, life, home economics, physical education, and morality) are published.

For junior high schools – 10 types (Japanese, shodo-calligraphy, social studies, mathematics, science, English, home economics and technology, physical education, and morality) are published.

For high schools – 8 types (Japanese, geography, maps, mathematics, science, English, home economics and technology, shodo-calligraphy, and information) are published.

Digital textbook

Digital textbooks have been produced that correspond to the above textbooks. In addition, they have produced teaching materials that are compatible with digital textbooks.

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Study reference book

A number of reference books, workbooks that correspond to the above textbooks have been published.

Educational assessment

An educational Assessment for elementary and middle schools. In addition to ability of each subject, they also survey life behavior.

Book

Sushi Handbook – A series of hand-held notebooks containing information on specific fields such as sushi and sake.

Emperor Showa Jitsuroku – Compiled by the Imperial Household Agency, 19 volumes in all. The works of Emperor Showa for 89 years from his birth in the 34th year of Meiji to his death in the 64th year of Showa.

Video game

The company used to publish games like Cycle Race: Road Man and Super Tennis. The company developed video games from 1986 to 1998; their last game was Go-Jin Senki for the Sony PlayStation. All resources were eventually re-allocated to their Tonkin House company. As of 2008, Tokyo Shoseki makes textbooks and educational software.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tokyo Shoseki, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. 1909Founded Founded1

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