This news came out today:
Japan’s highly respected Nikkei financial news service is reporting that Kodansha has set up a U.S. subsidiary “to publish and sell translations of its Japanese manga” in the U.S. starting in September. The reason for the move according to Nikkei, is “to boost its earnings in America, where its income has been limited to royalties received from U.S. firms.
ICv2 - Kodansha Heading Stateside
Del Rey publishes a lot of Kodansha stuff, so this could have some big implications.