mapple.co.jpAbout company
Shoubunsha Publications is a publishing company engaged in planning, production, publishing, and sale of maps, magazines, and guidebooks, as well as geographical information systems. The company is also engaged in the publication of periodical touring, shopping and driving guides, and electronic mapping for car navigation systems, as well as engaged in the planning, production, and sale of digital database contents and the provision of database-related services. Some of the company’s publications include road atlases of Japan, which are marketed under the name Mapple, prefecture atlases under the name Newest, and sheet maps under the name of Area Map. It also publishes travel guide books under the name Acchi Kocchi, various travel information magazines and digital map database under the name SiMAP. Shoubunsha Publications also offers geographical information system products, CD-ROMs, and other electronic publications. Shobunsha Publications was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
