Shobunsha Publications Inc

Shobunsha Holdings, Inc. engages in the planning, producing, and publishing maps, magazines, and guidebooks in Japan. It plans, produces, and sells digital data, as well as provides electronic services. The company also produces maps and guidebooks in foreign languages for tourists; offers tools available on the Internet, smartphones, and in mobile communication; and serves as an advertising media for various range clients in the hotel, transportation, retail, and other industries. In addition, it offers domestic travel guide, including Mapple, Mapple Theme Edition, Kotorippu, Kotorippu Magazine, Color Plus, and Other domestic guides; overseas travel guide, such as Mapple Overseas Edition, Kotorippu Overseas Edition, Mapple WORLD, Travel phrasebook, and Other overseas guides; map products comprising Road map, City walking map, Large format, single-sheet map, World map / Japan map, Mountain and Plateau Map, Touring Mapple, and Other Maps; books and knowledge products, such as Historians, Instruction Manual series, Easily Understandable Series, and Other books; children's books, including Mapple Kids, Mapple Kids: Learn by Sticking, Picture book, globe, and Other children's books; and calender and other products. Further, the company provides digital maps and travel guides for national agencies, local governments, and private enterprises for issues concerning crime and disaster prevention, disaster measures, tourism business, regional marketing, customer management, and logistics. Additionally, it makes maps and develops geographical information systems for enterprises and local governments; provides services ranging from inputting data to developing mapping software; and offers Mapple Navi, a car navigation software for PND makers that provide driving routes and information about restaurants. Shobunsha Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Chiyoda, Japan.