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Japan publisher creates awards for young Chinese cartoonists

BEIJING, China - Winners of awards created by Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd. for young Chinese comic artists pose for photos during an awarding ceremony in Beijing on Jan. 11, 2015.

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Chinese version of Japanese children's tale published

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuyuki Shiraishi, head of Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd.'s subsidiary in Beijing, speaks during an event in the Chinese capital on Jan. 10, 2015, to release the Chinese translation of "The Little Girl at the Window," a best-selling children's book written by Japanese TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi.

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Disaster-hit kids' photo album

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2012, shows ''3/11 Kids Photo Journal,'' a photo album of pictures taken by 33 elementary and junior high school students in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures hit by March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which was published the same day by Kodansha Ltd.

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Japan, China publishers cooperate in comics business

BEIJING, China - Yoshinobu Noma (L), president of Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd., and Du Sen, president of China's Guangxi Publishing & Media Group Co., shake hands during a press conference in Beijing on Sept. 2, 2011. Their companies agreed to cooperate in publishing comics.

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Kodansha President Noma dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2009 shows Sawako Noma, president of Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd., who died of heart failure on March 30, 2011, at a Tokyo hospital. She was 67.

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50th anniversary of 2 manga weeklies for boys celebrated

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Cartoonists Takao Saito, Fujio Fujiko, Tetsuya Chiba and others gather at a party in Tokyo on March 17 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Japan's two pioneer manga weeklies for boys, Shonen Magazine and Shonen Sunday, published by Kodansha Ltd. and Shogakukan Inc. respectively.

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(2)Sony, others form JV to provide e-publishing services

TOKYO, Japan - A device to read electronic books is shown off at a news conference at the head office on Kodansha Ltd. in Tokyo on Nov. 13. Sony Corp., Kodansha and 13 other companies have set up a joint venture to provide paid electronic publishing services to member customers. The new firm, Publishing link Ltd., will start distributing books over the Internet from spring 2004.

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Ex-researcher Obokata to publish book on STAP cell scandal

Photo shows the cover of a book titled "Anohi" (That Day), written by former stem cell scientist Haruko Obokata. The book, which recounts the scandal surrounding her alleged falsification of research papers that unfolded from early 2014, will hit the shelves in Japan on Jan. 28, 2016, according to its publisher, Kodansha Ltd. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-researcher Obokata to publish book on STAP cell scandal

Photo taken April 9, 2014, shows Haruko Obokata. Obokata, the former stem cell scientist dogged by a scandal surrounding her alleged falsification of research papers, will publish a book recounting the controversy that unfolded from early 2014, titled "Anohi" (That Day), publisher Kodansha Ltd. said Jan. 27, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese publishers to fight against comic piracy in Thailand

Samples of comic books to be sold at stores in Thailand by the Japan Manga Alliance, established by publishing giants Kadokawa Corp., Kodansha Ltd., Shueisha Inc. and Shogakukan Inc. along with animation goods retailer Animate Co., are shown at a news conference announcing the launch of the joint venture in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015. The group hopes their presence in Bangkok will help terminate pirated versions in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese publishers to fight against comic piracy in Thailand

Animation goods retailer Animate Co. officer Shingo Kunieda (R) speaks during a press conference announcing the establishment of the Japan Manga Alliance in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015. The joint venture, joined by publishing giants Kadokawa Corp., Kodansha Ltd., Shueisha Inc. and Shogakukan Inc., aims to open shop in Thailand in an effort to terminate pirated versions in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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50th anniversary of 2 manga weeklies for boys celebrated

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Cartoonists Takao Saito, Fujio Fujiko, Tetsuya Chiba and others gather at a party in Tokyo on March 17 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Japan's two pioneer manga weeklies for boys, Shonen Magazine and Shonen Sunday, published by Kodansha Ltd. and Shogakukan Inc. respectively. (Kyodo)

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Literary award named after Nobel laureate Oe created

TOKYO, Japan - Kenzaburo Oe, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994, speaks about a literature award named after him at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4. Publisher Kodansha Ltd. has created the award to promote Japanese novels worldwide. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China publishers cooperate in comics business

BEIJING, China - Yoshinobu Noma (L), president of Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd., and Du Sen, president of China's Guangxi Publishing & Media Group Co., shake hands during a press conference in Beijing on Sept. 2, 2011. Their companies agreed to cooperate in publishing comics. (Kyodo)

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Kodansha President Noma dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2009 shows Sawako Noma, president of Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd., who died of heart failure on March 30, 2011, at a Tokyo hospital. She was 67. (Kyodo)

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Disaster-hit kids' photo album

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2012, shows ''3/11 Kids Photo Journal,'' a photo album of pictures taken by 33 elementary and junior high school students in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures hit by March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which was published the same day by Kodansha Ltd. (Kyodo)

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Disaster-hit kids' photo album

TOKYO, Japan - Yuma Watanabe (R), a second-year junior high school student in Fukushima Prefecture, Haruki Kanno (2nd from R), a sixth-grade elementary school student in Iwate Prefecture, and other children see the bookbinding process for ''3/11 Kids Photo Journal,'' at a printing company in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Feb. 10, 2012. The photo album of pictures taken by 33 elementary and junior high school students in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures hit by March 2011 earthquake and tsunami was published on Feb. 23, 2012, by Kodansha Ltd. (Kyodo)

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(2)Sony, others form JV to provide e-publishing services

TOKYO, Japan - A device to read electronic books is shown off at a news conference at the head office on Kodansha Ltd. in Tokyo on Nov. 13. Sony Corp., Kodansha and 13 other companies have set up a joint venture to provide paid electronic publishing services to member customers. The new firm, Publishing link Ltd., will start distributing books over the Internet from spring 2004. (Kyodo)

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Artificial intelligence-programmed "Astro Boy" robot kit to debut

Makoto Tezuka, a director at Tezuka Productions, poses in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2017, with an artificial intelligence-programmed robot based on "Astro Boy," an iconic work by his late father and manga artist Osamu Tezuka. A kit to gradually assemble the robot will be put on sale, publisher Kodansha Ltd. and its partner technology firms said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police building murder case against dep. editor of hit comic magazine

Photo taken Jan. 10, 2017, shows the Tokyo headquarters of major publisher Kodansha Ltd., where Pak Jong Hyon, who was arrested the same day on suspicion of killing his wife in August 2016, worked as the deputy editor of Morning, a hit comic magazine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Editor at major publisher arrested for allegedly murdering wife

Accompanied by investigators, Pak Jong Hyon, an editor at major publisher Kodansha Ltd., arrives at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2017. Pak was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife in August 2016. The 41-year-old South Korean national denies the allegation. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER April 10)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Editor at major publisher arrested for allegedly murdering wife

Accompanied by investigators, Pak Jong Hyon, an editor at major publisher Kodansha Ltd., arrives at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2017. Pak was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife in August 2016. The 41-year-old South Korean national denies the allegation. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER April 10)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Editor at major publisher arrested for allegedly murdering wife

Accompanied by investigators, Pak Jong Hyon, an editor at major publisher Kodansha Ltd., leaves his home in Tokyo for a police station on Jan. 10, 2017. Pak was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife in August 2016. The 41-year-old South Korean national denies the allegation. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER April 10)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Editor at major publisher arrested for allegedly murdering wife

Accompanied by investigators, Pak Jong Hyon, an editor at major publisher Kodansha Ltd., leaves his home in Tokyo for a police station on Jan. 10, 2017. Pak was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife in August 2016. The 41-year-old South Korean national denies the allegation. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER April 10)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo