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. Its product range is centered on foreign language—mainly English—dictionaries and textbooks. The name, ''Kenkyūsha'', can be translated as "study/research company".

History

The company was founded by Goichirō Kosakai as in 1907 published the first edition of one year later. In 1916 the company's name was changed to its present: ''Kenkyūsha''. The predecessor of titled was launched in 1917. The company extended its product range in 1918 with the , a large dictionary, compiled by　Yoshitarō　Takenobu. Kenkyūsha expands, establishing in 1919 a typesetting workshop on the slope of Kudan, a former street in

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, and — in 1920 — a printing house on

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. In 1921, the first volume of the covering English literature appears. All of the 100 volumes are completed by 1932. Due to reconstruction, in 1924, the printing house is temporarily moved to Iidamachi. 1927 sees the completion of the printing shop on Kagurazaka. Another press is established in 1939 in

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, west of central Tokyo. In 1944, Kenkyūsha receives an assignment from Aki Yasutarō for , a monthly magazine aimed at researchers and students of

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. In the same year, the Japanese scholar Fumio Nakajima publishes . Three years later, the is founded. The printing business is split off in 1951 under the Kenkyūsha Printing Corporation. In 1963 the company publishes consisting of 12 volumes. A year later, is launched together with the . A year after its 60th anniversary, in 1968, Kenkyūsha publishes in five volumes. The year 1984 saw big changes for the company. Kenkyūsha Printing built a new office in Nobidome, Niiza in

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. The Fuji plate-making factory and the Kichijōji factory were moved to the new location and at the printing shop at Kudan, a

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factory was established.

Dictionaries

Kenkyūsha has been publishing dictionaries in various sizes for almost one hundred years. The following list is a selection of dictionaries published by the company together with the years of publication. * : 1927 (1st) by Yoshisaburō Okakura, 1980 (5th), 2002 (6th) * : 1918 (1st) by Yoshitarō Takenobu, 2003 (5th) * : 1967 (1st), 1994 (6th), 2003 (7th) * : 1995 (4th), 2002 (5th) * : 1933 (1st), 1963 (2nd), 1983 (3rd)English title was changed from 'Collegiate' to 'College' from 4th edition onwards * : 1984 (1st), 1999 (2nd) * : * : 2005 (2nd) * : 2005 (2nd) * : 1984 (1st), 1996 (3rd), 2002 (4th), 2007 (5th) * : 1984 (1st), 1996 (3rd), 2002 (4th), 2008 (5th) * : 1995 * : 1995 * : 1999 (1st), 2008 (2nd) * : 1996 * : 1995 * : 1990 * : 1994 * : 1994 * : 1990

Periodicals

*''The Rising Generation'': with the migration to the web edition, the publication was paused with the March issue 2009 * published from 1945 to 2000, Current English suspended in 2003 * suspended in 1997

Subsidiaries

Former subsidiaries

*: A printer for Kenkyusha Co., Ltd. In 1951-02-01, it became an independent company.

References

External links

Kenkyusha Co., Ltd.Kenkyusha Printing Co., Ltd
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