発行者|はっこうしゃhakkousha

1. nounissuer; publisher
   その編集者へんしゅうしゃと発行者はっこうしゃはふたりとも私のいとこです。↗

   The editor and the publisher are both my cousins.

• Related出版社しゅっぱんしゃNeutralNeutral. A publishing company; the everyday word. 「発行者」 broadly covers the issuing entity of publications, securities, etc., person or organization.
• Related出版業者しゅっぱんぎょうしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose. A person or company in the publishing trade, stressing the business side; 「発行者」 is the issuer named on a copyright page.

For a publishing company, say 「出版社」. Use 「発行者」 for the issuer on a copyright page or of securities, as in 「発行者名」. For a publishing business, say 「出版業者」.

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