CCC MEDIA HOUSE CO. LTD

What CCC MEDIA HOUSE CO. LTD does

CCC Media House Co., Ltd. (CE Media House / 株式会社CEメディアハウス) is a Tokyo-based privately-held Japanese publishing company organized into three divisions: Magazines, Books, and Content Studio. The Magazines division operates four titles — Newsweek Japan (licensed from the U.S. weekly since 1986), FIGARO japon (Japanese edition of Madame Figaro since 1990), Pen (self-built art/design/culture magazine since 1997), and 大人の名古屋 (a Nagoya-area gourmet lifestyle magazine since 2002) — distributed via retail bookstores, online retailers (Amazon Japan, Rakuten, 7net, Tsutaya, Honto, Kinokuniya), and the Fujisan magazine subscription service. The Books division publishes business titles, Korean essay collections, themed series such as Pen BOOKS, FIGARO BOOKS, Newsweek Paperbacks, and CEMH Bunko, plus the Suntory Cultural Foundation's Asteteion academic forum journal, with individual titles priced from ¥990 to ¥2,200.

The Content Studio division offers eight integrated B2B creative services — strategy, content production, website development, digital marketing, SNS consulting, publishing, casting, and event management — leveraging the company's editorial expertise and multi-language content production capabilities. It serves government agencies (JICA, Ministry of Environment, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Hyogo Prefecture, Edogawa Ward, Mie Prefecture) and corporations (Nichirei, Japan Tanners Association, Suntory Cultural Foundation). The company is part of the broader CE Group and transferred its bookstore sales, wholesale, and order-receiving operations to group affiliate C-Publishing Service Co., Ltd. in April 2023. In March 2024 it expanded internationally for the first time, launching Pen Taiwan through a licensing partnership with UART CUBE Creativity Inc., and in April 2025 it rebranded from CCC Media House to CE Media House alongside an organizational restructuring.

Name

CCC MEDIA HOUSE CO. LTD

Legal name

株式会社CEメディアハウス

Website

https://cccmh.co.jp

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CCC Media House (CE Media House) is a Tokyo-based Japanese publishing company operating four magazines (Pen, FIGARO japon, Newsweek Japan, 大人の名古屋), a diverse books division, and a Content Studio B2B creative-services arm serving government agencies and corporations in Japan and Taiwan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131), Publishing Industries (513), Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Food, Cooking & Beverage Magazines (MPAJAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Technology & B2B PR (BPAFADAI)

Keywords

• Magazine publishing
• Book publishing
• Creative agency services
• Content production
• Digital marketing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Magazine publishing and sales: Publication and sale of magazines including Pen, FIGARO japon, Newsweek Japan, and 大人の名古屋 through subscriptions and retail channels
2. Book publishing and sales: Publication and sale of books across genres including business, society, culture, essays, and specialty series such as Pen BOOKS and Asteteion
3. Advertising revenue: Advertisement placements in magazines and digital media properties
4. Content Studio creative services: B2B creative agency services including strategy, content production, websites, digital marketing, SNS consulting, publishing, casting, and event management for government agencies and corporations

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CCC Media House is a Japanese publishing and media company that publishes consumer magazines (Pen, FIGARO japon, Newsweek Japan, 大人の名古屋), business and lifestyle books across multiple branded series, and operates the Content Studio B2B creative agency offering strategy, content production, website, digital marketing, SNS consulting, publishing, casting, and event services to corporate and government clients.

Product overview

CCC Media House is a media publishing company organized into three main divisions: (1) MAGAZINES: Pen (art/design/culture magazine since 1997), Madame FIGARO japon (fashion/lifestyle since 1990), Newsweek Japan (international news since 1986), and 大人的名古屋 (Nagoya gourmet magazine since 2002); (2) BOOKS: Business-focused publishing including long-sellers like 'The Idea Maker' and '80/20 Rule', Korean essay collections, celebrity memoirs, the Suntory Cultural Foundation's Asterion forum journal since 1986, and themed series including Pen BOOKS, FIGARO BOOKS, Newsweek Paperbacks, CEMH Bunko, and others; (3) CONTENT STUDIO: An 8-solution creative services division providing Strategy, Content Production, Website, Digital Marketing, SNS Consulting, Publishing, Casting, and Event services leveraging publishing editorial expertise and multilingual content production capabilities. The three divisions operate synergistically, with magazine brands driving content strategies and the Content Studio serving external B2B clients using the same editorial methodologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pen: Art, design, culture, and lifestyle magazine launched in 1997, targeting intellectually curious readers.
• FIGARO japon
• Newsweek Japan
• 大人の名古屋
• Content Studio

Products and services

• Pen (magazine) Art, design, culture, and product magazine stimulating intellectual curiosity, distributed via print magazine, Pen Online website, social media, official YouTube channel, and the Pen Meet learning community (launched November 2022).
• FIGARO japon (magazine) Japanese edition of Madame Figaro covering fashion, interior design, and domestic/international travel content for sophisticated adult women, extended through Business with attitude features and the FIGARO Marché e-commerce site.
• Newsweek Japan (magazine) Japanese edition of the American weekly news magazine providing international news analysis through print and digital channels, with original Japanese editorial content alongside translations of English-language coverage.
• 大人の名古屋 (Otona no Nagoya) (magazine) Gourmet lifestyle magazine covering Japanese, French, Italian, Chinese, teppanyaki, noodles, and sweets across the Nagoya area for sophisticated adult readers since 2002.
• Books Division Business-focused publishing division producing long-selling titles such as 'The Idea Maker', '80/20 Rule', and 'What I Wish I Knew at 20', along with writing technique books, Korean essay translations, celebrity essay collections, themed series (Pen BOOKS, FIGARO BOOKS, Newsweek Japan Paperbacks, CEMH Bunko, Mental Toughness Series, Nature Book Series, Kogu Series), and the Asterion forum journal published on behalf of Suntory Cultural Foundation since 1986.
• Content Studio (B2B creative services) B2B creative services division offering an integrated set of solutions — strategy, content production, website, digital marketing, SNS consulting, publishing, casting, and event services — for government agencies and corporations, leveraging the company's editorial expertise and multi-language content production capabilities.

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• UART CUBE Creativity Inc.coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 5 March 2024Licensing partnership to launch Pen Taiwan (Pen tw) magazine in Taiwan. UART CUBE Creativity Inc., a Taiwan-based company specializing in curation, consulting, IP product development, and event management with focus on Japanese art introduction, serves as the licensee. The magazine will be published bimonthly with approximately 12,000 copies, featuring translated and original content for Taiwan readers interested in Japanese culture.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BrainWorks: Japanese B2B content marketing firm producing owned media, websites, and editorial content for corporates, comparable to CCC Media House's Content Studio division.
• PHP Institute: Japanese publisher of business books, magazines, and editorial content, with overlapping book series and thought-leadership positioning.
• Nikkei BP: Japanese publisher of business and lifestyle magazines plus events and digital services, with a similar integrated publishing-plus-B2B-media business model.
• Magazine House: Japanese magazine publisher (POPEYE, Brutus, Casa Brutus, Tarzan) with similar art/design/culture editorial positioning targeting sophisticated urban readers in Japan.
• Kobunsha: Japanese publisher of literary magazines (Bungei Shunju) and books, with comparable editorial positioning around culture, lifestyle, and intellectual content.

Broad incumbents

• Shogakukan: Major Japanese publisher with extensive magazine and book portfolio, comparable in publishing formats and B2B content licensing models.
• Hakuhodo: Japan's second-largest advertising agency, offering integrated marketing, content, and digital services that compete with Content Studio for B2B corporate communications budgets.
• Shueisha: Major Japanese publisher of magazines and books with overlapping editorial and book publishing operations, though much larger and broader in scope.
• Kodansha: One of Japan's largest publishers of magazines and books, comparable in publishing operations across periodicals and book series, though operating at much larger scale.
• Dentsu: Global advertising and content services giant with extensive operations in Japan, providing competing PR, content, and digital marketing services to government and enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cccmh_books
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCzBckX9m-FH2gR6LSp8zI1w
• Facebookfacebook.com/cccmhmkt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ccc-media-house-co.-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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