Shōgakukan

Main article: [Shogakukan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogakukan "wikipedia:Shogakukan")
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**Shogakukan** (株式会社小学館 ,*Kabushiki kaisha Shōgakukan*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a [Japanese](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan "wikipedia:Japan") publisher of [Japanese dictionaries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_dictionaries "wikipedia:Japanese dictionaries"), literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded [Shueisha](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shueisha "wikipedia:Shueisha") which founded [Hakusensha](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakusensha "wikipedia:Hakusensha"). These three separate companies, are together called the [Hitotsubashi Group](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitotsubashi_Group "wikipedia:Hitotsubashi Group"), one of the largest publishing groups in Japan. Shogakukan is located at Hitotsubashi, [Chiyoda, Tokyo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo "wikipedia:Chiyoda, Tokyo"), and the other two companies are located in the same [ward](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_special_wards "wikipedia:23 special wards").
## Shogakukan in the US[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Shogakukan&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Shogakukan in the US")]
Shogakukan company, along with Shueisha, owns [Viz Media](/wiki/Viz_Media "Viz Media"), which publishes manga from both companies in the United States.
Shogakukan's licensing arm in North America was **ShoPro Entertainment**; it was merged into Viz Media in 2005.
Shogakukan's production arm is **Shogakukan Productions Co.,Ltd.** (now Shogakukan Shueisha Productions).