Shobunsha Publications, Inc. - 9475- Profile

Shobunsha Publications, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is the publication of nationwide road maps and geographical maps as well as local and residential area maps. The group also publishes periodical touring, shopping and driving guides and electronic mapping for car navigation systems. The operations are carried through the following divisions: Publishing and Electronic publishing. The Publishing division deals with maps, periodicals, guide books. The Electronic publishing division deals with map data and guide data. Publishing accounted for 86% of fiscal 2006 revenues and electronic publishing, 14%