Shogakukan
Japanese publishing company
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| 2019 | SAPIO magazine was discontinued by Shogakukan after years of publication |
| March 2018 | Shogakukan issued a public apology, announced a national recall of the CoroCoro Comic magazine, and offered refunds to magazine subscribers. The magazine's website also published an apology by the manga's author, Asumi Yoshino. |
| February 26 2018 | Mongolians and Inner Mongolian residents in Japan sent a formal protest letter to Shogakukan, and approximately 90 demonstrators protested in front of the company headquarters. |
| February 23 2018 | Shogakukan offered an initial apology to the Mongolian Embassy in Tokyo, which was deemed insufficient by Mongolian expatriates. |
| February 15 2018 | CoroCoro Comic, a children's magazine published by Shogakukan, published a controversial cartoon depicting Genghis Khan with an offensive drawing, which later sparked significant backlash. |
| 2017 | Shogakukan launched Shogaku Hachinensei magazine, which replaced the previously discontinued Second to Sixth Grade educational magazines. |
| 2016 | Shogakukan discontinued its Second Grade (Shogaku Ninensei) educational magazine. |
| 2012 | Shogakukan discontinued its Third Grade (Shogaku Sannensei) and Fourth Grade (Shogaku Yonnensei) educational magazines. |
| 2010 | Shogakukan discontinued its Fifth Grade (Shogaku Gonensei) and Sixth Grade (Shogaku Rokunensei) educational magazines. |
| March 2010 | Shogakukan announced a partnership with American comics publisher Fantagraphics to create a new manga publication line, to be edited by Rachel Thorn. |
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