Gakushū no Tomosha

Gakushū no Tomosha (株式会社学習の友社) is a Japanese publishing house based in Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. It functions as the publishing arm of the Labor Education Association (労働者教育協会), an organization connected to Japan's labor-education and left-wing movement milieu. From a standpoint of scientific socialism and Marxism, the company has long produced materials for study circles and worker education, covering topics such as methods of seeing and thinking, capitalist exploitation and impoverishment, class struggle, and the vision of a future society (socialism and communism). Its list includes commentaries and reading guides on Marx's Capital and related Marxist literature, as well as more recent titles addressing the Japanese Constitution, workers' and trade-union rights, and ideological debates around themes like self-responsibility theory and population-decline discourse. Beyond books, Gakushū no Tomosha publishes periodicals. These include the monthly study magazine Gakushū no Tomo (学習の友), edited by the Labor Education Association; the monthly Zenrōren (月刊全労連), the organ magazine of the National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenrōren); and the annual Kokumin Shuntō Hakusho (国民春闘白書), produced with Zenrōren and the Research Institute for Labor Movement. It also issues, irregularly, a collection of study materials on constitutional questions co-edited by the Labor Education Association and the Constitution Conference. In the past the company ran a "Cassette Library" series with audio lectures such as Lectures on Capital, Introduction to Philosophy, and Introduction to Economics, though it has since withdrawn from that format. The publisher is a member of Sōbunkai and of the "Peace Shelf" association (平和の棚の会). Its catalog is closely tied to the institutional networks of the Japanese labor movement, including Zenrōren, the Research Institute for Labor Movement, and related research and advocacy bodies. As a small, mission-driven publisher, it serves unions, study groups, and activists seeking accessible theoretical and historical education materials rather than general trade readership.

Gakushū no Tomosha is a Japanese publishing company located in Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, and serves as the publishing division of the Labor Education Association (労働者教育協会). Its editorial identity is rooted in scientific socialism and Marxism, and it has built its catalog around educational materials for workers and study circles. Core themes have included methods of seeing and thinking, capitalist exploitation and impoverishment, class struggle, and the theory of a future socialist and communist society. The publisher has issued numerous commentaries and reading guides on Marx's Capital and other Marxist texts. Over time the list expanded to address contemporary ideological and political questions, including the Japanese Constitution, workers' rights and trade-union rights, and debates over concepts such as self-responsibility theory and population-decline discourse. Alongside books, Gakushū no Tomosha has maintained a periodical program: the monthly study magazine Gakushū no Tomo, edited by the Labor Education Association; the monthly Zenrōren, the organ of the National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenrōren); and the annual Kokumin Shuntō Hakusho, published with Zenrōren and the Research Institute for Labor Movement. It has also issued, irregularly, constitutional study materials co-edited by the Labor Education Association and the Constitution Conference. At one stage the company produced a "Cassette Library" series of audio lectures, including Lectures on Capital (by Tsujioka Yasuhito, Kitada Kanji, and Yoshii Kiyofumi), Introduction to Philosophy (by Takada Motomu), and Introduction to Economics (by Tsujioka Yasuhito). The company has since withdrawn from cassette publishing. It is a member of Sōbunkai and of the Peace Shelf association (平和の棚の会). Its output remains closely aligned with the institutional networks of the Japanese labor movement, including Zenrōren and the Research Institute for Labor Movement, and with related research and advocacy organizations.

• Established as the publishing division of the Labor Education Association, based in Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.

• Published the monthly study magazine Gakushū no Tomo, edited by the Labor Education Association.

• Began publishing the monthly Zenrōren, the organ magazine of the National Confederation of Trade Unions.

• Began annual publication of the Kokumin Shuntō Hakusho with Zenrōren and the Research Institute for Labor Movement.

• Produced the "Cassette Library" series, including Lectures on Capital, Introduction to Philosophy, and Introduction to Economics.

• Withdrew from cassette publishing.

A mission-driven publisher of Marxist and scientific-socialist educational materials, closely tied to Japan's labor-education and union movement.

• Gakushū no Tomo (monthly magazine)

  Study magazine edited by the Labor Education Association.

• Zenrōren (monthly magazine)

  Organ magazine of the National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenrōren).

• Kokumin Shuntō Hakusho

  Annual white paper published with Zenrōren and the Research Institute for Labor Movement.

• Labor Education (quarterly magazine)

  Quarterly magazine edited by the Labor Education Association.

• Constitutional study materials

  Irregularly published study materials co-edited by the Labor Education Association and the Constitution Conference.

• History of the Japanese Labor Movement: Learning from an Indomitable Tradition

  Book by Tanigawa Iwao.

• Postwar History of the Japanese Labor Movement

  Book by Inumaru Giichi, Tsujioka Yasuhito, and Hirano Yoshimasa.

• History of the Japanese Labor Movement

  Book by Saruhashi Makoto.

• The Story of the Birth of the Working Class

  Book by Hamabayashi Masao.

• The History of May Day: Footsteps of Workers' Struggles

  Book by Sugiura Masao and Nishimura Naoki.

• The History and Prospects of the Spring Struggle

  Book by Kumagai Kanemichi and Shikata Katsuichi.

• Reading Capital (Vols. 1-2)

  Book by Hamabayashi Masao.

• Reading Capital Volumes 2 and 3 (Vols. 1-2)

  Book by Miyakawa Akira.

• Navigation for Reading Part One of Capital

  Book by Nakagawa Hiroshi.

• The Development of the Theory of Scientific Socialism

  Book by Fuwa Tetsuzō.

• Collected Essays on Workers' Education

  Edited by the Labor Education Association.

• Youth Labor White Paper

  Supervised by Takeuchi Shin'ichi.

1. 1学習の友社 - Wikipedia (Japanese)ja.wikipedia.org
2. 2Gakushū no Tomosha - Wikidatawikidata.org