[3] Then he began to work as an administrative official at the Imperial University's law department in Tokyo.

[1] The company would be later renamed as Dainippon Yūbenkai-Kodansha, which later be shortened as simply Kodansha.

[3][4] The nine magazines Noma started enjoyed high levels of circulations and were very influential on the popular culture of Japan.

[5] His goal in starting these titles was to modernize, entertain and educate Japanese society.

[7] In 1930 he established Hochi Shimbun (Japanese: Intelligence Newspaper) which also became an influential publication.