Shueisha It has been an overall solid thirteen fiscal years for Shueisha with the company not recording a loss at all since FY2010. Net sales have jumped 7.42% year-over-year to 209,684 million yen1.36 billion USD (its strongest yet since FY2002) for the full fiscal year of 2023 compared to the 195,194 million yen1.26 billion USD … Continue reading Shueisha, Shogakukan and Kodansha’s Performances as of FY2023
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