At a joint press conference held in Tokyo on October 14, 2016, Japanese publishing company Kodansha announced that it has acquired all shares of Ichijinsha, another publishing company that specializes in manga and light novels. Ichijinshi will now operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kodansha.

According to Kodansha CEO Yoshinobu Noma, after the acquisition Ichijinsha hopes to take advantage of Kodansha's expertise in e-book publishing and foreign market publishing. Previously, Ichijinsha lacked the infrastructure and human resources to successfuly debut in these markets.

Ichijinsha was founded in 1992 and publishes such manga magazines as Monthly Comic Rex, Monthly Comic Zero Sum, Comic Yuri Hime, and Manga 4-koma, which serialize such series as Long Riders!, Saiyuki Reload, YuruYuri, and Locodol.

Source: Comic Natalie via Hachima Kikō

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