A leader in the human resources industry in Japan, Recruit launched its business nearly 50 years ago by publishing free magazines targeted at new university graduates looking for jobs.

Since then, Recruit has added multiple titles to its name, with both paper-based and web-based magazines in Japan and China that generated more than $5.6 billion in sales in 2007.

"We aim to satisfy the needs of those who read our publications, to provide them with the most up-to-date and reliable information on varying fields such as housing, bridal and baby, travel, automotive and lifestyle and, of course, our mainstay, human resources," explained President Hitoshi Kashiwaki.