Editors' Choice Magazine Journalism Award

The Editors' Choice Magazine Journalism Award (編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞, Hensũsha ga Erabu Zasshi Jānarizumu Shō) is an annual prize for journalism awarded by a coalition of Japanese publishing companies since 1995. Participating companies include mainstream publishers like Kodansha, Shinchosha, and Bungeishunjū.

Past awards[]

Department	Winner	Winning journalism		Publisher	Dates
1995
Scoop	Kaga Kōei	Downfall of fascist oligarch Ryoichi Sasakawa		Bungeishunjū	1994 June–July
Scoop		Nissan vice president's "lost year"		Gendai	1994 August
Writing	Yadaka Norio	Death of a Pulitzer Prize Cameraman—The Truth		Bungeishunjū	1994 August
Writing		Why did a mother die at a university hospital?			1994 February - December
Project		Kotobagari and Discrimination: A Thorough Investigation		Bunshun	1994 February - March
Project	Akiko Satō	"My diary of Tanaka Kakuei"			1994 September - November
1996
Scoop (Monthly)		The "Kyoto party" that slew the Ministry of the Treasury bureaucrats		Gendai	1995 May
Scoop (Weekly)		Treasury Minister Nakajima's Side Business		Friday	1995 August
Writing		New evidence in the Glico Morinaga case			1995 March
Writing	Fumihiko Takayama	A murdered Fujifilm executive's final letter			1995 January
Project		Early investigations of Aum Shinrikyo		Bungeishunjū
Project		Corruption under the mask of the mass media		VIEWS	1995 December
Photography		Murder of Hideo Murai			1995 May
Photography		Great Hanshin earthquake field photography			1995 March, and on
1997
Scoop	Anonymous	"I was raped by Ikeda Daisaku"		Shincho
Scoop	吉田仁	Why did an NEC elite businesswoman kill her children in a fire?		Gendai
Project	米本和広	Inside the Yamagishi cult
Project	斎藤貴男	"Erythromycin": medicine or poison?		Shokun!
Work	黒沼克史	The terrible life of high school girls		Bunshun
Work	与那原恵	Origins of a myth: the fabricated "rapes" in the Kobe earthquake		Shokun!
Photography	大倉乾吾宮嶋茂樹	Photos of Shoko Asahara		Bunshun
1998
Scoop (Weekly)		Yamaichi Securities: Grave Suspicions		Weekly Toyo Keizai	1997 April・May
Scoop (Monthly)		Kobe child murders: 28 Years Ago		Bunshun	1997 December
作品賞	佐野眞一	Charisma—Isao Nakauchi's Postwar Revival		日経ビジネス	1997 June
Project	舛添要一	A mother with dementia and her household			1997 November - December
Photography		"Sōkaiya Racketeering"		Focus	1997 April
1999
Scoop (Weekly)		Naoto Kan's Secret Hotel Meeting		Weekly Bunshun	1998 November
Scoop (Monthly)		The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Is Bankrupt		Gendai	1998 July
Writing	高山文彦	Kobe child murders—the conditions of the suspect's family		Shincho 45	1998 July
Writing		The Disappearance of		Weekly Bunshun	1998 May
Project		—a terrifying letter of confession		Weekly Shincho	1998 November
Project		Inside the highest ranks of North Korea: Kim Jong Il's Retainers
Photography		Kobe child murders principal went to a strip club on graduation day		Focus	1998 March
2000
Scoop (Weekly)		Kobe child murders suspect's letter to his parents		Weekly Bunshun	1999 March
Scoop (Monthly)		Scandal in the national prosecutors' office		Truth and Rumors	1999 May
Writing		Biography of Noboru Takeshita		Shincho 45
Writing		"King of Japan" Tsuneo Watanabe's "glory" and "solitude"		現代
Project		Johnny & Associates: The Monster of the Entertainment World		Bunshun	1999 October
Project	江藤淳	Wife and I		Bunshun	1999年5月号
Photography		Kincho President's Orgies and Prostitution		Friday	1999年9月17日号
Photography		Tsuneo Watanabe and Soka Gakkai's Secret Pact		Friday	1999 October
2001
Scoop (Weekly)	Kiyoshi Shimizu	Uncovering police complicity in murder of Shiori Ino		FOCUS
Scoop (Weekly)		reporting			All year
Scoop (Monthly)		Neomugicha incident: a letter from parents		Bunshun
Scoop (Monthly)		Yoshirō Mori's failures as prime minister		Truth of Rumors
Writing	本田靖春	"I'm not going to live as a cynic"		Gendai	All year
	日垣隆	Who is ?		Shokun!	All year
	柳美里	"Life"		Weekly Post	All year
2002
Grand Prize		Politician Ichiro Nakagawa's suicide: 18 years later, the truth		Shincho 45	2001 March
Grand Prize		Ryōko Hirosue "rode a taxi for 150km"		Friday	2001 July
Writing	中尾幸司	Downfall of a household: Murder arrest of a middle school girl		Shincho 45	2001 November - December
Scoop		's Shocking Confession		Weekly Shincho	2001 June
Planning	上杉隆^[1]	Investigation of Makiko Tanaka		Weekly Bunshun	2001 May
2003
Grand Prize	溝口敦	Investigation of HANNAN company president		Weekly Gendai	2002 September - December
Scoop		Kiyomi Tsujimoto's misuse of political funds		Weekly Shincho	2001年3月28日号ほか一連の記事
Scoop		Politician Taku Yamasaki's perverted sex fantasies—horrifying photos		Weekly Bunshun	2001 May, and on
Planning		What is a "judge"?		Weekly Shincho	2002 October - December
Photography		Chikage Oogi's husband's secret love		Friday	2002 June
2004
Grand Prize		Nippon TV's sinking viewership—whitewashing and lies		FLASH	2003 November - December
Grand Prize	山田直樹	I Denounce Soka Gakkai, Part 2		Weekly Shincho	2003 November - December
Planning		Investigation of national pension problems		Weekly Gendai
Work		Investigation of Hiromu Nonaka		Shūkan Gendai
Issues		Truth and lies about a government official		Bunshun
Scoop		Senichi Hoshino's so-called "voluntary retirement"		Friday
2005
Grand Prize		Kōhaku Uta Gassen's $800,000 director's fee		Weekly Bunshun	2004 July
Grand Prize	鵜飼克郎	Fraudulent onsen photos		Weekly Post	2004 July
Scoop		Makiko Esumi's hypocritical pension commercial		Weekly Gendai	2004 April
Work	深山渓	Waseda Elementary School's $35k Entrance Fee		Monthly Gendai	2004 February
Project		Soka Gakkai's Economic Power			2004 August 7
Photography		Saki Takaoka and Tomoyasu Hotei's adulterous kiss		Friday	2004 July
Issues		Mayumi Wakamura's religious cult husband			2004 March
2006
Grand Prize		Freestyle skier Tae Satoya's nightclub sex		Weekly Bunshun
Scoop		Taizō Sugimura's concealed engagement breakoff and abortion		Weekly Post	2005 October
Scoop		Murder and arson at the house of Mabuchi Motor president			2005 December, and on
2007
Grand Prize		An economist's love affair		Weekly Post	2006 December
Grand Prize		Nikko Cordial's secret scandal		Monthly Gendai	2006 February
Scoop		Suicide scandal at the Chinese embassy		Weekly Bunshun	2006 January
Writing		Exclusive letter from Kazuko Hosoki's father		Weekly Gendai	2006年5月20日 - 8月19・26日号
Writing	米山勝弘	「豪憲君's father's exclusive letter		Weekly Shincho	2006 July
Planning		JR East's secretly controlled by the Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction)		Weekly Gendai	2006 July - December
Issues		Mona Yamamoto's affair with married Yomiuri Giants player Tomohiro Nioka		Friday	2006 October
2008
Grand Prize		Asashōryū Akinori's sumo match fixing		Weekly Gendai	2007 February, and on
Grand Prize		Exposure of "natto diet" scam on national television (article caused a large scandal)		Weekly Asahi	2007 January, and on
Issues		Yumiko Himei's 6-year-long affair		Weekly Bunshun	2007 September
Issues		Celebrity tells all about her divorce with sumo wrestler Wakanohana Masaru		Women's Seven	2007 October
Scoop		Why a defense minister got skipped over in the cabinet reshuffle		Weekly Post	2007 September
Writing		Revolving door between justice system and private lawyers		Monthly Gendai	2007 October - 2008 May
Planning		Yoshimoto Kogyo's ties to the yakuza		Weekly Shincho	2007 April, and on
2009
Grand Prize		Mona Yamamoto's affair		Women's Seven	2008 July
Grand Prize		How a 36-year-old pregnant woman's body got lost in the streets		Weekly Bunshun	2008 October
Scoop		Akihabara massacre: confession from suspect's brother		Weekly Gendai	2008 June
Scoop		Spotted at a yakuza's birthday party: Takashi Hosokawa, Akira Kobayashi, and more		Weekly Shincho	2008 October
Issues		Mizuho Corporate Bank president's adultery		Friday	2008 August
Issues		Adult film star Minako Komukai's prostitution		Weekly Post	2008 November
Writing		The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and burakumin		Monthly Gendai	2008 November
Photography		Ai Fukuhara and Kei Nishikori's secret romance		Friday	2008 December
2010					Source^[2]
Grand Prize		Yoshitada Konoike's secret weekend affair (an exposé which caused the politician to enter a mental hospital)		Weekly Shincho	2009 May
Issues		Television announcer 's naughty photos		FLASH	2009 July
Issues		When politician was a "cosplay reporter"		FRIDAY	2009 September
Work		Ichirō Ozawa's bribery scandal—a secret financial world revealed		Weekly Gendai	2009 March, and on
Scoop		Shigeo Nagashima's son Kazushige Nagashima wrecks his father's heritage		Weekly Post	2009 December
第17回（2011年）					Source^[3]
Grand Prize		Sumo giant Kotomitsuki Keiji's expensive secrecy pact	[1]	週刊新潮	2010年5月27日号
Scoop		Arashi fan's "confession"	[2]	週刊文春	2010年11月11日号
Scoop		Hiroshi Nakai and his favorite hostess bar		週刊新潮	2010年4月1日号
Writing	ja:村木厚子江川紹子	's misuse of funds for handicapped	[3]	文藝春秋	2010 October
Writing		Ashikaga murder case: an innocent man, 17 years in prison	[4]	文藝春秋	2010 October
Issues		AKB48 Sayaka Akimoto's "home date" with a 56-year-old man	[5]	Weekly Bunshun	2010 October
Issues		Ai Aoki's adulterous date		Weekly Shincho	2010 September
Photography		Kiyoshi Hikawa's nighttime date	[6]	FRIDAY	2010年7月30日号
2012					Source^[4]
Grand prize		Investigative biography of Tōru Hashimoto	[7]	Shincho 45	2011 November
Grand prize		Olympus scandal series	[8]	FACTA	2011 August - 2012
Scoop		Nuclear spokesman 's use of prostitutes	[9]	Weekly Shincho	2011 June
Scoop		Golfer Ryo Ishikawa stays at engaged woman's house	[10]	女性セブン	2011 November
Writing		Biography of Masayoshi Son		週刊ポスト	2011 January - September
Issues		Celebrity Yōsui Inoue's adultery	[11]	Bunshun	2011 July
Issues		Celebrity Shinsuke Shimada's "black cell phone" and organized crime	[12]	Weekly Asahi	2011 September
Photography		Politician Masazumi Gotoda's adulterous practices	[13]	FRIDAY	2011年6月17日号
Special Award: Earthquake/Nuclear Issues		Special report: Recovering bodies from the tsunami areas		Shincho 45	2011 June–July
2013					Source^[5]
Grand Prize	松田賢弥	Ichirō Ozawa's wife's divorce papers	[14]	Weekly Bunshun	2012 June
Scoop		Tatsunori Hara pays off a yakuza boss	[15]	Weekly Bunshun	2012 June
		Hashimoto Toru gropes a stewardess	[16]	Weekly Bunshun	2012 July
		Celebrity's reliance on his mother	[17]	Women's Seven	2012 April
Writing	五味洋治	E-mails from Kim Jong-nam	[18]	Bunshun	2012 March
Writing	岩井克己	Interview with Emperor of Japan's former physician	[19]	Bunshun	2012 August
Issues		Atsuko Maeda carried home at night by a Ruroni Kenshin actor」	[20]	Bunshun	2012 September
Photography		Politician 's scandalous adultery	[21]	Weekly Shincho	2012 June
2014					Source:^[6]
Grand Prize		CHAGE and ASKA - ASKA blackmailed by yakuza after being caught doing meth on camera!	[22]	Weekly Bunshun	2013 August
Scoop		Mari Yaguchi's adultery in front of her husband	[23]	Weekly Woman	2013 June
Scoop		We name the Kyodo News director who invited a college student to spend a night with him	[24]	Weekly Bunshun	2013 May
Issues		AKB's Minami Minegishi and EXILE's Alan Shirahama go at it!	[25]	Weekly Bunshun	2013 February
Issues		Mysterious letters from a murder suspect	[26]	Women	2013 October
Writing	Takeo Noguchi	Is the "deaf genius composer" Mamoru Samuragochi for real?		Shincho 45	2013 November
Investigation	奥野修司他	Exposé of high levels of poisonous toxins in Chinese meat used at McDonald's in Japan	[27]	Weekly Bunshun	2013 March
Investigation		Letters from every prisoner on death row		Weekly Post	2013 February
Photography		Scoop!　Princess Kako of Akishino's lavish night out in Kabukicho	[28]	FLASH	2013 April

References[]

^ 同志社大学メディア学研究会/浅野健一 (2010-05-15). "フリージャーナリスト・上杉隆による特別講演会政権交代とメディア ―政治取材の現場から―". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
^ "第16回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせ". Archived from the original on 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
^ 第17回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせ^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 第18回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせ^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 第19回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせ
^ 第20回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせ

[1] 同志社大学メディア学研究会/浅野健一 (2010-05-15). "フリージャーナリスト・上杉隆による特別講演会政権交代とメディア ―政治取材の現場から―". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2011-04-10.

[2] "第16回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせ". Archived from the original on 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2014-01-03.

[3] 第17回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせ^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] 第18回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせ^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] 第19回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせ

[6] 第20回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせ

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