Animate Ltd. is the retailing arm of MOVIC and is the largest retailer of anime, video games and manga in Japan. The first and flagship store of Animate was opened in 1983 in Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, Japan.
Manhua are Chinese-language comics produced in China and Taiwan. Whilst Chinese comics and narrated illustrations have existed in China in some shape or form throughout its imperial history, the term manhua first appeared in 1904 in a comic titled Current Affairs Comics in the Shanghai-based newspaper Jingzhong Daily.
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. is a Japanese multinational food and biotechnology corporation which produces seasonings, interlayer insulating materials for semiconductor packages for use in personal computers, cooking oils, frozen foods, beverages, sweeteners, amino acids, and pharmaceuticals. Aji-No-Moto is the trade name for the company's original monosodium glutamate (MSG) product, the first of its kind, since 1909. The corporation's head office is located in Chūō, Tokyo. As of 2021, Ajinomoto operates in 36 countries and employs an estimated 33,651 people. Its yearly revenue in 2021 is around ¥1.1 trillion JPY or $8 billion USD.
The FamilyMart Company, Ltd. is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain. It is Japan's second largest convenience store chain, behind 7-Eleven. There are now 24,574 stores worldwide in Japan, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Its headquarters is on the 17th floor of the Sunshine 60 building in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo. There are some stores in Japan with the name Circle K Sunkus under the operation of FamilyMart.
Webtoons (Korean: 웹툰) are a type of digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on computers and smartphones.
Hakusensha, Inc. is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Old Boy is a Japanese manga series written by Garon Tsuchiya and illustrated by Nobuaki Minegishi. The narrative follows the protagonist Shinichi Gotō, a man who, after a decade of incarceration in a private prison, is suddenly freed. After his release, Gotō must find his captors and discover the reason for his confinement.
The Naver Corporation is a South Korean internet conglomerate headquartered in Seongnam that operates the search engine Naver. Naver established itself as an early pioneer in the use of user-generated content through the creation of the online Q&A platform Knowledge iN. Naver also manages global mobile services such as the mobile messenger LINE, video messenger SNOW, and group communication service BAND.
InterFM is a Japanese commercial radio station on the FM band, transmitting in the Greater Tokyo area, and owned and operated by InterFM Inc. (株式会社InterFM). Since September 2020, it is a subsidiary of The Japan FM Network Company, owner of until then rival Tokyo FM. InterFM was formerly the key station of MegaNet.
FM Cocolo is a multilingual FM radio station owned and operated by FM 802 Co., Ltd. The station broadcasts on the 76.5 MHz FM to the Kansai area which includes Osaka, Kyoto, Hyōgo(city of Kobe), Nara, Shiga, and Wakayama prefectures. FM Cocolo's former owner Kansai Intermedia Co., Ltd. (関西インターメディア株式会社) was based at the Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building in Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan.
House Foods Corporation is one of Japan's largest food manufacturers and brands. It began in 1913 in Osaka as Urakami Shoten and began selling curry in 1926.
Showa Corporation is a manufacturer of high-performance automotive, motorcycle and outboard suspension systems based in Gyoda, Saitama in Japan.
TGL, Inc. is a Japanese company dealing with developing, constructing and planning of various computer systems and software. This company supports the operating systems: Java, C, C++, Oracle, asp, Linux, Unix, Windows NT.
Ichibanya Co., Ltd. is a Japanese food services company based in Ichinomiya, Aichi.
Nissin Electric Co., Ltd. is a Japanese, Kyoto-based electrical equipment company. The company is a member of the Sumitomo Group and a partner of Sumitomo Electric Industries. As of 2015, Nissin Electric has 24 subsidiaries located in Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, India, U.S.A. and Spain.
Cygames, Inc. is a Japanese video game development studio established in 2011 by CyberAgent. Mobile and E-commerce company DeNA acquired a 24% stake in the studio in 2012, and Nintendo acquired another 5% stake in 2018, leaving CyberAgent with 69% of the shares and as such, they are the parent company of Cygames. From its formation, the company produced mobile games, initially on the Mobage platform, and from 2013 on Android and iOS. The company headquarters is located in Tokyo while other divisions are located in Osaka and Saga in Japan and Seoul, South Korea.
NHN Japan Corporation is the Japanese subsidiary of NHN Entertainment Corporation. Not to be confused with the previous NHN Japan Corporation which was later renamed Line Corporation.
Geno Studio, Inc. is a Japanese animation studio subsidiary of animation production company Twin Engine.
Z HoldingsCorporation is a Tokyo-based holding company. Z Holdings owns Yahoo! Japan, Japan's largest portal website; Line, Japan's largest messaging app; and PayPay, Japan's largest mobile payment app. Z Holdings is controlled by another holding corporation called A Holdings which is half controlled by each Naver Corporation and SoftBank Group. After finishing its merger of Yahoo! Japan and Line Corporation in March 2021, the company had a $43 billion market capitalization.
Akindo Sushiro is a Japanese multinational conveyor belt sushi specialty store. It is headquartered in Suita, Osaka.
