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光文社
is a Japanese publishing company. It publishes literature, manga novels, and women's magazines. Company history Kobunsha was established on October 1, 1945, and belongs to the Kodansha group. The company has published Japanese authors such as Tetsuya Honda, Keigo Higashino, Jiro Akagawa, Miyuki Miyabe and Arimasa Osawa and foreign authors such as Arthur C. Clarke, Jean Genet, Malcolm Gladwell, Jon Ronson, JD Vance, Hanya Yanagihara and Zhao Ziyang.About Us kobunsha.com. Retrieved June 21, 2022. In 1975, Kobunsha published the women's magazine '' JJ'', known as the earliest established women's magazine for college students in Japan. From 1994 it established the Kobun Foundation and publishing more mystery novels. The Foundation has been awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Genet
Jean Genet (; ; – ) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright. His major works include the novels '' The Thief's Journal'' and '' Our Lady of the Flowers'' and the plays '' The Balcony'', '' The Maids'' and '' The Screens''. Biography Early life Genet's mother was a prostitute who raised him for the first seven months of his life before placing him for adoption. Thereafter Genet was raised in the provincial town of Alligny-en-Morvan, in the Nièvre department of central France. His foster family was headed by a carpenter and, according to Edmund White's biography, was loving and attentive. While he received excellent grades in school, his childhood involved a series of attempts at running away and incidents of petty theft. Detention and military service For this and other misdemeanors, including repeated acts of vagrancy, he was sent at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josei Jishin
is a Japanese weekly women's magazine, which has been in circulation since 1958. Published by Kobunsha, it is the first weekly women's magazine in Japan, which targets single-working women. History and profile ''Josei Jishin'' was established in 1958, and the first issue was published on 2 December 1958. The founding company is Kobunsha. The magazine is published on a weekly basis. It developed a collaboration with American youth magazine ''Seventeen (American magazine), Seventeen'' and published its photographs during the initial years. In 1999 due to its fortieth anniversary the magazine was redesigned, including its logo. The magazine is the recipient of Fuji Sankei award for four times. Circulation ''Josei Jishin'' sold 705,399 copies in the second half of 1979. In 2006 the circulation of the magazine was 519,464 copies. Its circulation was 255,089 copies in 2010 and 243,568 in 2011. Legal issues In October 2007, J-pop duo Pink Lady (duo), Pink Lady sued Kobunsha for 3.7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mart (magazine)
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Story (Japanese Magazine)
Story or stories may refer to: Common uses * Narrative, an account of imaginary or real people and events ** Short story, a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting ** News story, an event or topic reported by a news organization * Storey (also spelled ''story'' in American English), a floor or level of a building Social media *Story (social media), a message, image or video, often ephemeral ** Facebook Stories, short user-generated photo or video collections that can be uploaded to the user's Facebook ** Instagram Stories, a feature in Instagram that let the user post vertical images that will disappear in 24 hours ** Snapchat Stories, a feature in Snapchat which allows users to compile snaps into chronological storylines, accessible to all of their friends Film, television and radio * Story Television, an American digital broadcast television network * Story TV, a South Korean television drama production company * ''Story'' (TV programme), a 2015� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Very (magazine)
Very may refer to: * English's prevailing intensifier Businesses * The Very Group, a British retail/consumer finance corporation ** Very (online retailer), their main e-commerce brand * VERY TV, a Thai television channel Places * Véry, a commune in Meuse department, France * Very (lunar crater), on the Moon * Very (Martian crater), on Mars Music * ''Very'' (Pet Shop Boys album), 1993 * ''Very'' (Dreamscape album), 1999 * ''Very'', an album by Miki Furukawa, 2010 People * Edward Wilson Very (1847–1910), US Navy officer, inventor of the Very flare gun * Frank Washington Very (1852–1927), American astronomer * Jones Very (1813–1880), American poet, essayist, clergyman and mystic * Lydia Louisa Anna Very (1823–1901), American author and illustrator * Pierre Véry (1900–1960), French novelist and screenwriter * Very Idham Henyansyah (born 1978), Indonesian serial killer Other uses * Very, the most common type of flare gun See also * Vary (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bis (magazine)
''Bis'' is a fashion magazine directed at teenage women published in Japan by Kobunsha is a Japanese publishing company. It publishes literature, manga novels, and women's magazines. Company history Kobunsha was established on October 1, 1945, and belongs to the Kodansha group. The company has published Japanese authors such a .... The magazine is an affiliate of the magazine '' JJ''. History The magazine was first published in 2001 as ''JJ Bis'', intended as a version of ''JJ'' for a younger audience. The magazine was renamed to ''Bis'' in 2006. Due to low sales, the magazine went out of print after the June 2006 edition, but was restarted in September 2017. , former editor of the magazine ''LARME'', was named editor in chief. External links * References 2001 establishments in Japan Kobunsha Lifestyle magazines published in Japan Magazines established in 2001 Magazines disestablished in 2006 Magazines established in 2017 Magazines published in Tokyo Month ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classy (magazine)
''Monthly Classy Magazine'' is a Japanese women's magazine. Its title, ''Classy'', is derived from the English adjective '' classy''. It is estimated that the average reader of ''Classy'' magazine is between the age of 24 and 28. The magazine is known to be popular with office ladies (widely known as OL in Japan). It is also famous among university students as a magazine for fashion. History ''Classy'' was first published in 1984. The magazine is published by Kobunsha. The magazine targets women in their 20s. It is a sister magazine of '' JJ'', and has been published since 1984 by the same company. The two magazines are closely linked, and often, models who posed for ''JJ'' magazine in their youth will return a few years later to model for ''Classy''. Models In the beginning, most of the models were American supermodels, however changes in the policy led to the inclusion of more and more local models. Famous Japanese supermodels, namely and started their modeling careers b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JJ (magazine)
''JJ'' is a Japanese fashion and lifestyle magazine published by Kobunsha. It was established in 1975 as an extra issue of ''Josei Jishin'', and was the first women's magazine for college students in Japan. Most readers of ''JJ'' are females between the ages of 17 and 26, and range from college students to office workers. ''JJ'' advises its readers to dress conservatively. It uses many professional fashion models, however the models it uses are not necessarily under exclusive contract with ''JJ''. The model Ryoko Tanami is frequently featured in '' Classy'', a version of ''JJ'' targeted to women aged between 24 and 28. ''JJ Bis'' is a version of ''JJ'' magazine for older teens. Models featured in ''JJ'' Current References * Nicole ( ja) * Ai Okawa * Karen Fujii * Miwako Kakei * Mayuko Arisue * Lisa Kikukawa ( ja) * Kako Kondō * Hirona Yamazaki * Erina Mano * Yuna Kawaguchi * Hina Higuchi ( ja) * Mizuho Habu * Ayaka Takamoto ( ja) Past * Ema Asō * Reira Aoyama ( ja) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhao Ziyang
Zhao Ziyang; pronounced (17 October 1919 – 17 January 2005) was a Chinese politician. He served as the 3rd premier of China from 1980 to 1987, as vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1982, and as the CCP general secretary from 1987 to 1989. He was in charge of the political reforms in China from 1986, but lost power for his support of the 1989 Tian'anmen Square protests. Zhao joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1938. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he served as the chief officer of CCP Hua County Committee, Director of the Organization Department of the CCP Yubei prefecture Party Committee, Secretary of the CCP Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region Prefecture Party Committee and Political Commissar of the 4th Military Division of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. During the Chinese Civil War of 1945–1949, Zhao served as the Deputy Political Commissar of Tongbai Military Region, Secretary of the CCP Nanyang Prefectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanya Yanagihara
Hanya Yanagihara (born 1974) is an American novelist, editor, and travel writer. She grew up in Hawaii. She is best known for her bestselling novel ''A Little Life'', which was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker Prize, and for being the editor-in-chief of T (magazine), ''T Magazine''. Early life Hanya Yanagihara was born in 1974 in Los Angeles. Her father, hematologist/oncologist Ronald Yanagihara, is from Hawaii, and her mother was born in Seoul. Yanagihara is partly of Japanese descent through her father and partly of Korean descent through her mother. As a child, Yanagihara moved frequently with her family, living in Hawaii, New York, Maryland, California and Texas. She attended the Punahou School in Hawaii before graduating from Smith College in 1995. Yanagihara has said that her father introduced her as a girl to the work of Philip Roth and to "British writers of a certain age", such as Anita Brookner, Iris Murdoch, and Barbara Pym. Of Pym and Brookner, she says, "there is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
