Overview
Type
Company - Public (82360)
Revenue
Non-Applicable per year
Headquarters
Tokyo (Japan)
Category
Media & Entertainment Retail Stores
Japanese book lovers can get their fix at Maruzen, which sells them through about 50 retail stores, an online site, and more than 100 outlets at colleges. Maruzen was founded in 1869 as Maruya Shosha (the first joint stock corporation in Japan) to introduce the Japanese to information about Western culture; it still focuses on imported books and publications. Stores also sell stationery and apparel. It publishes books in fields such as science, engineering, and medicine, and works to preserve deteriorating books. Maruzen distributes computer equipment, operates a database retrieval service, and provides information management systems for libraries, colleges, and museums. It's looking to partner with Junkudo Co.
