Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd.

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. operates educational and healthcare/nursing businesses in Japan and internationally. It runs classrooms for children from preschoolers to junior high school students, and is involved in publishing, including issuing and selling publications through sales companies and bookstores, as well as planning, producing, purchasing, and selling materials for kindergartens and nursery schools, childcare supplies, play equipment, and apparel for teachers. The company also plans, develops, and operates nursing care service centers, mainly housing for the elderly with services. Formerly known as Gakken Co., Ltd., it changed its name to Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. in October 2009, was founded in 1946, and is headquartered in Shinagawa, Japan.