Hakuhodo Inc. (株式会社博報堂) is a Japanese advertising and public relations company owned by Hakuhodo DY Holdings. It is headquartered at Akasaka Biz Tower in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo.[1]
History
Hakuhodo is one of the oldest advertising agencies in Japan[2] and was founded by Hironao Seki at Nihonbashi-Honshiroganecho, Tokyo, as an advertising space broker and wholesale distributor for educational magazines in October 1895.[3]
In 1910 the company broke from its obscurity by contracting to place front-page newspaper ads.[3][4]