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Nippon Shuppan Hanbai, Inc.
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 PROFILE
Nippon Shuppan Hanbai feeds the need to read. The company is one of Japan's top two book wholesalers, along with Tohan. Together, the companies control about 70% of the country's book distribution. Nippon Shuppan Hanbai distributes books and magazines (in Japanese and English) to more than 300 bookstores in Japan. It also has operations in Germany, Taiwan, and the US. The company specializes in design and graphic books and also markets nonprint products such as videos and CDs. It has a joint venture with Rakuten Inc., operator of an electronic shopping site, to sell books online. The company, founded in 1949, is owned by various Japanese publishers.

 COMPETITION
Tohan Corporation (dossier)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 6,698.30
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 10.0%
Employees: 2,570
Revenue per employee: $2,606,342.41

 KEY PEOPLE
• Tetsuo Suga
    CEO
• Katsumi Shibata
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
4-3, Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-8710, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3233-1111
Fax: 81-3-3233-4106

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