Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Shinchosha


In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Japanese magazine refuses to pull issues showing suspect's photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The editor of Focus, published by Tokyo-based Shinchosha, held a news conference to note the unusual nature of the case.
Despite the outcry, Shinchosha printed the same photograph in Shukan Shincho, or the Weekly Shincho, a day later, this time with a fl slit across the eyes.
Shinchosha said editors decided to carry the photograph of the suspect because it was an exceptional case.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/97/07/05/japan-behead.2-0.html   (630 words)

  
 Anime News Network - Sega-Shinchosha Weekly Manga Magazine Venture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Sega and Shinchosha are planning a weekly manga magazine, set to appear in America in October..
Shinchosha and Sega to develop weekly comic publication for America
On May 16th, Shinchosha and Sega announced the weekly comic publication, to begin publication in America in October.
skuld.animenewsnetwork.com /article.php?id=2076   (228 words)

  
 Soka Gakkai--NEWS: Supreme Court Rejects Final Appeal of the Shinchosha Publishing Company and Awards 1.1 Million Yen ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In 1994, the weekly Shukan Shincho, published by Shinchosha, fabricated a story in which an accident victim was presented as the perpetrator of an intentional "accident." Mr.
Shirayama, dismissing Shinchosha's appeal and sustaining the verdicts from the first and second trials that had ordered the company to pay 1.1 million yen in damages to the plaintiff.
Shinchosha's characteristic disregard of human rights and civil liberties has been continuously and severely criticized in society.
sokagakkai.info /html1/news1/newsletters1/98newsltrs1/n1_980403a.html   (610 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
On the other hand, Shinchosha (the publishing company who published the novel and produced the anime version of 'Grave') wanted to learn how to make animation.
To Shinchosha, Tokuma Shoten pretended that they were going to make 'Totoro', but in truth, they hadn't decided yet, I think -laughs-.
But they were prepared (to take this loss), and the president of Shinchosha, the ninety-some year old prestigious publishing company, the company, older than Tokuma Shoten, called (Tokuma) personally, and that made (Tokuma) decide 'let's do it'.
ftp.tcp.com /pub/nausicaa/file-archive/m-and-t.interview   (7069 words)

  
 Anime Alberta Message Board - New monthly english manga magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Shinchosha and Sega announced on the 16th, that an weekly Manga magazine will be started in the U.S. in October.
They are also planning sale of related video, a game, etc. They are also planning sale of the magazine in Europe, such as Germany and Italy.
Coamix is the company which a former "Shukan Shonen Jump" editorial staff, Hojo Tsukasa, Hara Tetsuo and Shinchosha founded.
www.anime-alberta.org /cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=1&topic=606   (576 words)

  
 Japan Times: Nakagawa wins libel suit over mistress photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) Publisher Shinchosha Co. and a mistress of former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hidenao Nakagawa were handed a court order Tuesday to pay 800,000 yen in damages to Nakagawa in a libel suit over a scandal that led to his resignation in 2000.
Nakagawa, chairman of the LDP's Diet Affairs Committee, argued the photos were taken in his house in Hiroshima Prefecture by his former chauffeur, not by himself as the weekly alleged.
During the court battle, Shinchosha said Nakagawa had paid a large sum from the Cabinet Secretariat secret fund to a senior member of a rightwing group in a bid to pressure Shinchosha to stop publishing the magazine.
search.japantimes.co.jp /print/news/nn12-2004/nn20041222a7.htm   (352 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Bandai just distributed the video in Japan, since the producer of the film, Shinchosha, doesn't have a video distribution network (it's a publishing company).
Since Shinchosha was looking for an opportunity to enter the movie business, they agreed to produce the movie "Grave".
Both Tokuma and Shinchosha knew they were going to lose money, but they still went ahead with the project (they did lose money from the theatrical release).
www.angelfire.com /sk/Scythe3/faq.html   (385 words)

  
 Japan Media Review -- 'A Public Betrayed': The Power of Japan's Scandal-Breaking Weeklies
For example, Shinchosha Ltd. and Bungeishunju Ltd., publishers of Shukan Shincho and Shukan Bunshun, respectively, are prodigious book publishers, each releasing several hundred new titles each year.
Shinchosha Ltd. has published such Western classics as "Jane Eyre" and "War and Peace," and Bungeishunju Ltd. has published "The Bridges of Madison County" and the Japanese-language edition of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Obviously, the names of these publishers add a veneer of credibility to their magazines.
Dave Spector, a well-known "Western" television personality and pundit in Japan, known for his eloquence in Japanese, has contributed to such weekly newsmagazines as Shukan Bunshun.
www.ojr.org /japan/research/1091748643_3.php   (833 words)

  
 Soka Gakkai--NEWS: 2001 Newsletters-Tokyo District Court Orders Shinchosha to Pay Damages to Soka Gakkai for Libel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Soka Gakkai sent Shinchosha a letter demanding an apology and a retraction, stating that the article was false.
Shirayama filed a law suit against the publisher, Shinchosha, and in March 1998, the Supreme Court rejected the final appeal by Shinchosha and upheld the Sapporo District Courts' decision that ordered the publisher to pay Mr.
In May this year, the Tokyo District Court ordered Shinchosha to pay Soka Gakkai 2 million yen in damages for articles published in 1995 that falsely accused the organization for being involved in the death of former Higashi Murayama City Council Woman Akiyo Asaki.
sokagakkai.info /html1/news1/newsletters1/01newsltrs1/n1_011208-j.html   (403 words)

  
 The Japan Times Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Mishima's widow, Yoko, who died in 1995, was believed to have destroyed the original along with all copies of the film.
Shinchosha plans to include the movie in a 42-volume DVD set of Mishima's works.
Although the film is short, it was well-received when it was released, movie critic Tadao Sato said, adding it might provide clues as to how Mishima's suicide should be interpreted.
www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050820a2.htm   (338 words)

  
 Resource Library/Justice Chronicle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
On July 12, the Soka Gakkai delivered a letter of protest demanding a retraction to the president of the publishing company Shinchosha, Takanobu Sato.
The letter expresses indignation over an article in the July 18 issue of Shinchosha weekly tabloid Shukan Shincho, which claims that the photographs featured in the Dialogue with Nature exhibition were taken by a photographer other than SGI President Ikeda.
Shukan Shincho and Shinchosha have lost numerous libel suits filed by the Soka Gakkai over the years.
www.sokaspirit.org /resource/justice_39.shtml   (1873 words)

  
 26 Nov 01 Analysphere: Publishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Simon and Schuster, the book publishing arm of entertainment conglomerate Viacom, has announced plans to sell e-books direct from its site, undeterred by the closure of AtRandom noted earlier this month.
The newspaper characterises the plans as a response to young consumers spending money on electronic gadgets rather than books but reports we've tracked over the past three years suggest that it's consistent with Shinchosha's willingness to experiment with new media.
Wireless delivery will apparently involve daily instalments of serialised novels, generally of 1,000 to 1,200 characters (ie ten to twelve mobile phone screens).
www.analysphere.com /26Nov01/publishing.htm   (850 words)

  
 FAQ // Grave of the Fireflies // Nausicaa.net
It is based on a book (more of a short story), "Hotaru no Haka", by Akiyuki NOSAKA, published by Shinchosha.
Subbed or dubbed VHS tapes and two DVDs are available from Central Park Media.
Toshio Suzuki, then the chief editor of "Animage" (now a producer at Studio Ghibli) went to Shinchosha, the company which published the book.
www.nausicaa.net /miyazaki/grave/faq.html   (728 words)

  
 Japan Policy & Politics: Shinchosha told to pay libel damages to hemophilia expert Abe
Shinchosha told to pay libel damages to hemophilia expert Abe
The Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered publisher Shinchosha Co. to pay 3 million yen in libel damages to Takeshi Abe, once Japan's top hemophilia expert, for publishing articles accusing him of killing a patient who died of AIDS.
Presiding Judge Koichi Namba said the Tokyo publisher went beyond freedom of expression in accusing Abe of committing murder and that the stories carried by its Shukan Shincho weekly magazine contained factual errors.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2001_August_6/ai_77496968   (295 words)

  
 Yukio Mishima   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A film, Mishima, was made in 1985 by director Paul Schrader, with music by Philip Glass.
Shincho Prize from Shinchosha Publishing, 1954, for The Sound of Waves.
Kishida Prize for Drama from Shinchosha Publishing, 1955.
www.theezine.net /y/yukio-mishima.html   (526 words)

  
 Japan Media Review -- 'A Public Betrayed': The Power of Japan's Scandal-Breaking Weeklies
This preoccupation with scandals was not unprecedented at Shinchosha Ltd., Shukan Shincho's publisher.
In July 1899, Sato himself wrote and published a particularly interesting book entitled Bundan Fubun-ki, which translates as "A Record of Rumors in the Literary World." In subsequent years, the magazine Shinsei also published scandalous information about a famous poet of the time, Tekkan Yosano, for which the poet sued the company.
In addition to Shukan Shincho's literary-narrative journalism, the magazine was also successful in identifying and capturing the resurgent feelings of Japanese national pride that began to emerge in the 1950s.
www.ojr.org /japan/research/1091748643_2.php   (1171 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Shinchosha Homepage has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy.
The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary.
Shinchosha Homepage is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.
221.253.219.164 /policy/policy.html   (228 words)

  
 [No title]
The all-English manga magazine, "RAIJIN COMICS" that had started publications from May last year (publisher: Shinchosha) and had serialized such popular Japanese mangas asCity Hunter, Fist of the North Star, and Baki the Grappler has now decided to suspend publications with the September 5, 2003 issue.
The magazine was published by Shinchosha and edited by the company Coamix organized by the ex-Weekly JUMP chief editor, Nobuhiko Horie, and was almost the English language counterpart to the comic magazine "Comic Bunch" that was being published with the same establishment.
The reasons as to why they are going to suspend the publications has not been announced, but the publications of the American version of RAIJIN COMICS still seems to be continued, so overseas fans should keep on supporting the magazine with the hope that it lasts.
www.animaxis.com /en/zine/newsletter/view.asp?id=N001133   (248 words)

  
 Utamaro - Shinchosha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Utamaro is very nice, it is worth the money Shinchosha wants for it.
It is a very pretty product from Shinchosha.
A lot of people got this item from Shinchosha.
www.onlineshop.us.com /prod_34313036303139393635/Utamaro.php   (89 words)

  
 FinanceAsia Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
- Fifteen firms, including Sony Corp. and publisher Shinchosha Co., have jointly established an e-book publishing company that will start offering its services next spring.
Sony has a 41% stake in the venture, Shinchosha holds 15%, while Dai Nippon Printing Co. and Toppan Printing Co. each have 10% stakes.
A week in tech is brought to you by FinanceAsia, and IRG, Asia's boutique investment bank to the telecoms, media and tech sectors.
www.financeasia.com /Accessories/faPrintStory.cfm?objectID=450BC91A-7B47-4F74-89A85E4C0B71C7F9   (1700 words)

  
 Extending the Life of the Book   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
At that time, Lulu's Book, an electronic picture book by Romain Victor-Pujebet, had received rave reviews at the Frankfurt International Book Fair and Microsoft's Encarta digital encyclopedia hit the shelves amid much fanfare.
Here in Japan, the Shinchosha publishing house released a CD-ROM containing one hundred of its most popular paperbacks.
Thanks to these developments, my image of electronic publishing remained one of software packages consisting of little more than paper-bound books converted to CD-ROM or DVD format -- electronic dictionaries, encyclopedias, comics, natural history books and the like.
www.honco.net /archive/981201.html   (2974 words)

  
 "Publishers Ordered to Pay Damages for Showing AIDS Victim"
Tokyo--The Osaka District Court has ordered two large publishers to pay $22,400 in damages for defaming Japan's first woman with AIDS.
The two firms, Kobunsha Co. and Shinchosha, published pictures of the woman in their magazines, Kobunsha's Focus and Shinchosha's Flash.
The publishers defamed the woman, who died Jan. 20, 1987, by printing her picture and "groundless" stories that invaded her privacy and harmed her parents' respect and affection for her, Judge Yutaka Tahata determined.
www.aegis.com /news/ads/1989/AD892739.html   (423 words)

  
 OKAMOTO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The name "SHINCHOSHA" evokes the nostalgic memory of the early decades of the 20th-century Japan, when there was a strong current of liberal literary movement.
Today, the company commands an established place in the Japanese publishing industry as the publisher of Japan's top literary and art works.
As the world moves toward the 21st century, SHINCHOSHA has launched a new project of publishing innovative foreign authors whose works strongly point to what the world is about to face as we move into the new century.
www.sbpark.com /epdata1e.html   (191 words)

  
 Shincho - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Shincho   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
If you find this encyclopedia or its sister projects useful,
Shincho (新潮 Shinchō) is a Japanese literary magazine published monthly by Shinchosha.
Since its launching in 1904, it has published the works of many of Japan's leading writers.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Shincho.html   (68 words)

  
 WritersWeekly.com - Whispers And Warnings
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - apologizes after attaching former mayor's name to an Op-Ed column he did not write.
Publisher Shinchosha Co. in Japan - loses libel lawsuit.
Ordered to pay 3.3 million yen in compensation for a magazine article that suggested wrong person committed crime.
www.writersweekly.com /whispers_and_warnings.php   (631 words)

  
 Zwire National News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The other four firms are publishers Shinchosha Co. and Kodansha Ltd. and printing firms Dai Nippon Printing Co. and Toppan Printing Co.
Capitalized at 487.5 million yen, the new company is owned 41.03% by Sony, 15.38% each by Shinchosha and Kodansha and 10.26% each by Dai Nippon Printing and Toppan Printing.
The remaining stakes are held by 10 other firms, including Asahi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun.
www.midhudsoncentral.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10506867&BRD=9030&PAG=740&dept_id=226963&rfi=6   (161 words)

  
 Push Worshop: Submitted Paper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Though a push technology, SiteCruiseTheater is user initiated: the user requests the information to be provided and then the provider pushes it to the user.
A major Japanese publishing house Shinchosha became the first contents provider to use this technology, offering a new science fiction comic by renowned author Leiji Matsumoto called 'Walkure'.
At the workshop, we intend to present the functions, configuration, and applications as well as demonstration of the system.
www.w3.org /Architecture/9709_Workshop/paper07/paper07.html   (304 words)

  
 Utamaro - Low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The ISBN number of this book is 4106019965.
"I was surprised that Utamaro was so pretty, Shinchosha really knows how to please people.
Utamaro is very nice, it is worth all the money Shinchosha wants for this item.
books.lowcost.us.com /item_34313036303139393635/Utamaro.php   (410 words)

  
 Masters of Cinema - HOME
As for the English negative (also recovered, according to yesterday's article) we have been told by other sources that the "calligraphic intertitles for the English version were painted by Mishima himself.
According to Hiroaki Fujii (78), the movie's producer (who at the time apparently urged Yoko to keep the original intact), the recovered elements are in "pristine condition".
The film will be released on DVD by Shinchosha early next year.
www.mastersofcinema.org   (2220 words)

  
 Japan Times: Data on subscribers to Yahoo BB leaked
Softbank Corp. said Monday personal data on some 6,500 subscribers to its Yahoo BB Internet service may have been leaked, based on information it received from two Tokyo-based publishers.
The two publishers are Shinchosha Co. and Kobunsha Co. According to Softbank, it was also told by Shinchosha officials that it had gotten hold of data on another roughly 30,000 people.
The data includes names, addresses and land-line and cellular phone numbers.
search.japantimes.co.jp /print/news/nn12-2004/nn20041214a5.htm   (189 words)

  
 Naoyuki's/Listing works by Takemitsu
Oto, Chinmoku to Hakariaeru hodoni (Sound :Confronting the Silence).Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1971.
Ongaku no Yohaku kara (From the Space Left in Music).Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1980.
Ongaku o Yobisamasu Mono (Awakening of Music).Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1985.
www.child-dream.net /ashida/tt/list.html   (579 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.