Company Profile
GK Associates, Inc.
- Established: May 1977
- Capital: 30,000,000 yen
- Chairperson: Yasunori Kaminaka
- President: Tsuyoshi Hongoh
- Number of regular employees: 22 (as of April 2011)
- Number of support staff: 300 (translators, copywriters, etc.)
Location
- Tokyo Office
- Kamata Tosei Bldg. 7F, 5-44-5 Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo 144-0052, Japan
- Tel: +81-3-5711-7848
- Fax: +81-3-5711-7849
- E-mail: tokyo@gk-a.com
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- Osaka Office
- Ogura Tenmabashi Bldg. 7F, 1-3-5 Tanimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0012, Japan
- Tel: +81-6-6946-6016
- Fax: +81-6-6946-6087
- E-mail: osaka@gk-a.com
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Lines of Business
- Translation, copywriting, technical writing
- Instruction manual design and production
- Design, DTP
- Planning and production
- Narration arrangements
Correspondent Banks
- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. Kamata-Ekimae Branch
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Ginza Branch
- Johnan Shinkin Bank Ginza Branch
- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. Tanimachi Branch
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Uemachi Branch
- Resona Bank, Ltd. Kitahama Branch
Major Shareholders
- Kogei Intec Corporation
Principal Business Partners
- Sharp Corporation
- Dan Publishing Limited Company
- Yarakasukan Co., Ltd.
- Shobunsha Publications, Inc.
- CITIZEN SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD.
Company History
We started as Gaiji Kenkyukai in 1960. We aim at always producing world-class work.
- May 1960
- Gaiji Kenkyukai established.
- May 1977
- GK Kyokai Inc. established in Osaka.
- May 1979
- Tokyo Office established.
- September 1985
- Name changed to GK Associates, Inc.
- March 2008
- Osaka and Tokyo Offices merged.
- October 2009
- GK Associates, Inc. joins the KIC Group with Kogei Intec Corporation’s capital participation.
