Shuwa System

Shuwa System Co., Ltd
Native name
株式会社秀和システム
Kabushiki gaisha Shūwa Shisutemu
TypeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryInformation and communication
FoundedDecember 1974
Defunct4 July 2025 (bankruptcy estate established)
HeadquartersToyo, Kōtō, Tokyo
Key peopleTakeshi Nagano (bankruptcy trustee)
ProductsPersonal computer and business book publishing
Original software plans, releases, and sales
Websitewww.shuwasystem.co.jp

Shuwa System Co., Ltd (株式会社秀和システム, Kabushiki gaisha Shūwa Shisutemu) was a Japanese publisher. It published books that were about personal computers, business, and other topics. It began bankruptcy proceedings on 4 July 2025. Shuwa System Shinsha of the Two Virgins Group inherited the publisher's business.

History

The company was founded in December 1974. During this time, it was a dormant company. Seven years later, the company reopened its business as Shuwa System Trading. In 1983, the company was accused of software piracy by Microsoft. In 1995, it changed its name to Shuwa System. Eleven years later, Shuwa System became a subsidiary of MCJ. On 22 December 2015, MCJ transferred all shares of Shuwa System to Ueno Group, and the company was under the capital stock of Ueno Group. On 15 February 2016, Shuwa System amalgamated Ueno Group in a reverse takeover; five years later, it acquired Funai in a takeover.

On 1 July 2025, Shuwa System went into insolvency, and the publication business had trouble continuing operations. A declaration about the publication business being transferred to another company was made. Three days later, the company received commencement of bankruptcy proceedings from the Tokyo District Court. The total debt was about ¥5 billion. The next week, Two Virgins Group received the publication business's transfer, and the same group's Warm and Beautiful announced that it changed its name to Kabushiki Gaisha Shuwa System Shinsha. On 8 September 2025, Shuwa System Shinsha disseminated a press release about starting its publication business.

References

  1. 1 2 3 （株）秀和システム | TSR速報 [(Corporation) Shuwa System | TSR Breaking News]. TSR Net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 8 March 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 株式会社秀和システム｜倒産速報｜株式会社 帝国データバンク[TDB] [Kabushiki Gaisha Shuwa System | Bankruptcy News Flash]. Teikoku Databank (in Japanese). 4 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Microsoft Alleges that Japanese Company Pirated Software". Office Administration and Automation. Vol. 44. New York: Geyer-McAllister Publications. p. 11. ISSN 0745-4325. LCCN 83643064. OCLC 9157363.
  4. ↑ 船井電機、秀和システムからTOB--完全子会社化で上場廃止へ [Funai Denki, Total Buyout from Shuwa System – To Delisting with Completed Subsidiary Conversion]. CNET Japan. 24 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Designation of Securities Under Supervision (Confirmation): Funai Electric Co., Ltd". Plus Company Updates. Lahore, Pakistan: Right Vision Media. 24 March 2021. Gale A656170380.
  6. ↑ 秀和システム 債務超過で出版事業継続困難に 他社に譲渡へ [Shuwa Systems – Publication Business's Trouble Continuing Operations Is Transferred to Another Company with Insolvency]. The Bunka News Digital (in Japanese). Bunka Tsushinsha [ja]. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  7. ↑ 株式会社秀和システムの出版事業譲受について [About the Receipt of the Transfer of Shuwa System Co., Ltd's Publication Business]. Two Virgins. 11 July 2025. Archived from the original on 14 March 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  8. ↑ トゥーヴァージンズグループ　秀和システム事業譲受を正式発表　社名は「秀和システム新社」に [Two Virgins Group Formally Announces Receipt of Transfer of Shuwa System's Business: Company Name Is Shuwa System Shinsha]. The Bunka News. Bunka Tsushinsha [ja]. 14 July 2025. Archived from the original on 7 August 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  9. ↑ 破産した秀和システムの出版事業、トゥーヴァージンズグループに譲渡 [Bankrupt Shuwa System's Publication Business Transferred to Two Virgins Group]. 東京商工リサーチ. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  10. ↑ 株式会社秀和システム新社 新体制発足と新刊刊行のお知らせ [Kabushiki Gaisha Shuwa System Shinsha – News About New System and New Publications]. PR Times. 8 September 2025. Archived from the original on 4 March 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.