Bungeishunju Ltd.

Bungeishunju is not simply a company that publishes novels. It is a midsized independent publisher whose brand influence is built on 週刊文春's investigative reporting, commonly called the “文春砲,” monthly and literary magazines spanning both literary and popular fiction, and deep involvement in operating the Akutagawa and Naoki Prizes. It is unlisted, has only slightly more than 300 employees, and hires only single digits to the low teens of new graduates each year, making it an exceptionally small elite organization.