Shuppan Nets (Publishing Nets, freelance publishing workers' union) (Shuppan Nets)
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About Shuppan Nets
Shuppan Nets (formal name: Union Publishing Network) is a Japanese trade union for freelance workers in publishing and related content industries, including editors, writers, proofreaders, translators, designers and illustrators. Founded in 1987 within the Japan Federation of Publishing Workers’ Unions, it works to improve freelancers’ conditions and develop fair rates in the publishing industry.
Summary written with AI from public sources, checked 9 Nov 2026. Sources: union-nets.org, id.ndl.go.jp, netswest.org, jil.go.jp, syuppan.net
What they publish
Also in Japan
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