Company Profile

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. engages in educational, and healthcare and nursing business in Japan and internationally. The company operates classrooms for a range of children including preschoolers to junior high school students. It is also involved in publishing content business, such as issuing and selling publications through sales companies and bookstores; planning, production, purchasing, and sales of publications for kindergartens and nursery schools, childcare supplies, play equipment, apparel for teachers, etc.; and planning, development, and operation of nursing care service centers, mainly housing for the elderly with services. The company was formerly known as Gakken Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. in October 2009. Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Shinagawa, Japan.