Shobunsha Publications Inc (9475)

Shobunsha Holdings, Inc. engages in the planning, producing, and publishing maps, magazines, and guidebooks in Japan. It plans, produces, and sells digital data, as well as provides electronic services. The company also produces maps and guidebooks in foreign languages for tourists; offers tools available on the Internet, smartphones, and in mobile communication; and serves as an advertising media for various range clients in the hotel, transportation, retail, and other industries. In addition, it runs MAPPLE Kanko Guide and MAPPLE Tourist Map websites; and operates MAPPLE Travel, a hotel booking website; develops and runs applications, including MAPPLE TOKYO Sky Tree App that provides MAPPLE maps and guides; and MAPPLE-LINK, a service, which allows users to download information in MAPPLE Magazine to smartphones or cellphones. Further, the company provides digital maps and travel guides for national agencies, local governments, and private enterprises for issues concerning crime and disaster prevention, disaster measures, tourism business, regional marketing, customer management, and logistics. Additionally, it makes maps and develops geographical information systems for enterprises and local governments; provides services ranging from inputting data to developing mapping software; and offers Mapple Navi, a car navigation software for PND makers that provide driving routes and information about restaurants. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.