Tokuma Shoten

Tokuma Shoten

Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社徳間書店, Kabushiki-gaisha Tokuma Shoten?) is a publisher in Japan, that was established in 1954. The company was also the parent company for the film studio Daiei Motion Pictures, bought in 1974, and the record label Tokuma Japan Communications, bought in 1972, until both were sold off when Yasuyoshi Tokuma, who established this company, died in 2000.