Kaizōsha

Kaizōsha (改造社) was a major Japanese publishing company in the first half of the 20th century. Its achievements included publishing Kaizō, a popular general interest magazine which carried both works of fiction and articles pertaining to social issues and socialist thought. The company also was a major publishing outlet for literature.

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