Maruzen-Yushodo

It handles various businesses, including the construction and interior design of cultural facilities and outsourcing library services.

It was initially "Maruzen," with the tama (ball) meaning the earth, and the import and sale of Western books being a way of seeking knowledge from around the world.

In 1999, the company was involved in the Princeton Bonds scandal,[6] and recorded a large special loss of 5.6 billion yen.

On August 3, 2007, the company entered into a capital and business alliance with Dai Nippon Printing (DNP).

On the 10th of the same month, Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments transferred shares to Maruzen Co., Ltd., and Junkudo Bookstore Co., Ltd., and the company was subsequently granted third-party allotments on May 13 and August 20, 2008, making the company a subsidiary of Dai Nippon Printing.

On February 1, 2010, Maruzen and Toshokan Ryutsu Center established a holding company, CHI Group Co., Ltd., and merged through a stock transfer.

[10] On January 30, 2008, it entered into a business partnership with AM/PM Japan Co., Ltd., which operates the convenience store chain ampm.

It closed temporarily in October 2004 for reconstruction and reopened on March 9, 2007, after redevelopment by Tokyu Real Estate.

Closed on June 24, 2012, due to the reconstruction of the building it occupied, which was owned by an affiliate of Tokyo Tatemono.

Moved to the 6th and 7th floors of the adjacent Maruei building across the street and reopened in September of the same year.

It also released "Soseki", packaged with a facsimile of the handwritten manuscript of Kokoro, a reproduction of the Onoto that Natsume Sōseki received from Uchida Roan.

The company declined an order from the National Art Center, Tokyo to operate a reference room there just before it was to begin (on March 29, 2013), and was subsequently suspended from purchasing books and other transactions with the National Museum of Art, an Independent Administrative Institution that operates the museum, for four months.