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Our Vision

Our vision is to make specialized medical knowledge easy to understand and to deliver it to as many people as possible. Medicine is a highly advanced and specialized body of knowledge, yet it is also the field most deeply connected to people's everyday lives. We aim to communicate it clearly — without diluting its professional rigor — so that it reaches an ever wider audience: from doctors and medical students to nurses, pharmacists, registered dietitians, medical technologists, rehabilitation and social care professionals, the students studying for these professions, and, ultimately, the general public in every generation.

Company Overview

Company name

MEDIC MEDIA Co., Ltd.

Founded

December 11, 1979

Representative

Yutaka Okaniwa, M.D., Chairman & CEO

Officers

Shinji Yoshimura, President & COO
Morio Ueda, Director
Yoshiyuki Otsuki, Director
Keiji Sakai, Corporate Auditor

Employees

123 full-time employees
(as of the end of February 2026)

Capital

50 million yen

Annual net sales

4,881 million yen (fiscal year ended February 2026)

Business

1) Publishing of educational content in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, and social care
2) Production, development, and operation of EdTech content and services in medicine, nursing, nutrition, and related fields

Head office

KD Minami-Aoyama Bldg., 3-1-31 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062, Japan

History — Key Milestones

1979

MEDIC MEDIA Co., Ltd. founded in Tokyo

1983

Question Bank series launched — commentary on the National Medical Licensing Examination

1991

year note launched — a comprehensive internal medicine reference for medical students, revised annually

1998

Review Book for nurses and nursing students launched

2001

Byouki ga Mieru series launched — highly visual medical textbooks

2011

QB Online launched — online question-bank service for examination preparation

2014

mediLink digital platform apps launched, beginning with the year note app

2020

mediLink Nursing service launched

2026

Shoku to Kenko ga Mieru (Food and Health) published

Message from the Chairman

It all started when I was a medical student: My friends and I were applying the final touches to our medical lecture notes, which proved very popular amongst our classmates. They eventually came to be used at medical schools across Japan, garnering a considerable reputation among students in need of study materials.

In the past, Japanese medical textbooks were typically dense bodies of work which did little in the way of appealing to the target demographic. The language was often convoluted and difficult to read. At that time, I had absolutely no experience in the field of publishing, but I soon came to realize the importance of meeting the demands of the reader, and that experience nurtured my vision to establish Medic Media — a company made by doctors, for doctors.

I established Medic Media shortly after I became a medical doctor. At first, we tried to meet the needs of doctors and medical students, but after continual growth owing to unexpected popularity, our mission later shifted to providing easy-to-comprehend specialized medical knowledge to a much wider audience.

Currently, our readership consists of nurses, nutritionists, social workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and home-care workers, but we aim to expand our reach and provide ease of comprehension to readers in as many fields as possible.

We would like to make contributions beyond national borders — not just for medical staff, but also patients as well as all health-conscious individuals.

We aim to expand possibilities by creating a new medical education system for a new era, such as by introducing medical knowledge via a game platform, as well as a system in which anyone can make a diagnosis using A.I. based on the knowledge we have accumulated over the years.

Delivering medical knowledge to increasing numbers and varieties of people is a long and steep road. However, we will persevere with our dream and continue our efforts and initiatives for the sake of our readers.

Thank you very much for your attention.

株式会社メディックメディア
代表取締役会長CEO