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

DepartmentWinnerWinning journalismPublisherDates
1995
ScoopKaga KōeiDownfall of fascist oligarch Ryoichi SasakawaBungeishunjū1994 June–July
Nissan vice president's "lost year"Gendai1994 August
WritingYadaka NorioDeath of a Pulitzer Prize Cameraman—The TruthBungeishunjū1994 August
Komori YoshihisaWhy did a mother die at a university hospital?Chuo Kōron1994 February - December
ProjectKotobagari and Discrimination: A Thorough InvestigationBunshun1994 February - March
Akiko Satō"My diary of Tanaka Kakuei"Shinchō 451994 September - November
1996
Scoop
(Monthly)
Tatsuwa IwaseThe "Kyoto party" that slew the Ministry of the Treasury bureuacratsGendai1995 May
Scoop
(Weekly)
Treasury Minister Nakajima's Side BusinessFriday1995 August
WritingFumiya IchihashiNew evidence in the Glico Morinaga caseShinchō 451995 March
Fumihiko TakayamaA murdered Fujifilm executive's final letterVIEWS1995 January
ProjectShōko EgawaEarly investigations of Aum ShinrikyoBungeishunjū
Tatsuwa IwaseCorruption under the mask of the mass mediaVIEWS1995 December
PhotographyMurder of Hideo MuraiFocus1995 May
Takeji KumagaiGreat Hanshin earthquake field photographyAsahi Club1995 March, and on
1997
ScoopAnonymous"I was raped by Ikeda Daisaku"Shincho
吉田仁Why did an NEC elite businesswoman kill her children in a fire?Gendai
Project米本和広Inside the Yamagishi cultVIEWS
斎藤貴男"Erythromycin": medicine or poison?Shokun!
Work黒沼克史The terrible life of high school girlsBunshun
与那原恵Origins of a myth: the fabricated "rapes" in the Kobe earthquakeShokun!
Photography大倉乾吾
宮嶋茂樹
Photos of Shoko AsaharaBunshun
1998
Scoop
(Weekly)
Yamaichi Securities: Grave SuspicionsWeekly Toyo Keizai1997 AprilMay
Scoop
(Monthly)
Okuno ShuujiKobe child murders: 28 Years AgoBunshun1997 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 householdWomen's Public1997 November - December
Photography"Sōkaiya Racketeering"Focus1997 April
1999
Scoop
(Weekly)
Naoto Kan's Secret Hotel MeetingWeekly Bunshun1998 November
Scoop
(Monthly)
The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Is BankruptGendai1998 July
Writing高山文彦Kobe child murders—the conditions of the suspect's familyShincho 451998 July
Uozumi AkiraThe Disappearance of Heo Yeong-jungWeekly Bunshun1998 May
ProjectDog lover murders—a terrifying letter of confessionWeekly Shincho1998 November
Eya OsamuInside the highest ranks of North Korea: Kim Jong Il's RetainersSAPIO
PhotographyKobe child murders principal went to a strip club on graduation dayFocus1998 March
2000
Scoop
(Weekly)
Kobe child murders suspect's letter to his parentsWeekly Bunshun1999 March
Scoop
(Monthly)
Scandal in the national prosecutors' officeTruth and Rumors1999 May
WritingIwase TetsuyaBiography of Noboru TakeshitaShincho 45
Uozumi Akira"King of Japan" Tsuneo Watanabe's "glory" and "solitude"現代
ProjectJohnny & Associates: The Monster of the Entertainment WorldBunshun1999 October
江藤淳Wife and IBunshun1999年5月号
PhotographyKincho President's Orgies and ProstitutionFriday1999年9月17日号
Tsuneo Watanabe and Soka Gakkai's Secret PactFriday1999 October
2001
Scoop
(Weekly)
Kiyoshi ShimizuUncovering police complicity in murder of Shiori InoFOCUS
KSD scandal reportingWeekly AsahiAll year
Scoop
(Monthly)
Neomugicha incident: a letter from parentsBunshun
Yoshirō Mori's failures as prime ministerTruth of Rumors
Writing本田靖春"I'm not going to live as a cynic"GendaiAll year
日垣隆Who is Sataka Makoto?Shokun!All year
柳美里"Life"Weekly PostAll year
2002
Grand PrizePolitician Ichiro Nakagawa's suicide: 18 years later, the truthShincho 452001 March
Ryōko Hirosue "rode a taxi for 150km"Friday2001 July
Writing中尾幸司Downfall of a household: Murder arrest of a middle school girlShincho 452001 November - December
ScoopKenny Katsuhiko Nomura's Shocking ConfessionWeekly Shincho2001 June
Planning上杉隆[1]Investigation of Makiko TanakaWeekly Bunshun2001 May
2003
Grand Prize溝口敦Investigation of HANNAN company presidentWeekly Gendai2002 September - December
ScoopKiyomi Tsujimoto's misuse of political fundsWeekly Shincho2001年3月28日号ほか一連の記事
Politician Taku Yamasaki's perverted sex fantasies—horrifying photosWeekly Bunshun2001 May, and on
PlanningWhat is a "judge"?Weekly Shincho2002 October - December
PhotographyChikage Oogi's husband's secret loveFriday2002 June
2004
Grand PrizeNippon TV's sinking viewership—whitewashing and liesFLASH2003 November - December
山田直樹I Denounce Soka Gakkai, Part 2Weekly Shincho2003 November - December
PlanningInvestigation of national pension problemsWeekly Gendai
WorkInvestigation of Hiromu NonakaShūkan Gendai
IssuesTruth and lies about a government officialBunshun
ScoopSenichi Hoshino's so-called "voluntary retirement"Friday
2005
Grand PrizeKōhaku Uta Gassen's $800,000 director's feeWeekly Bunshun2004 July
鵜飼克郎Fraudulent onsen photosWeekly Post2004 July
ScoopMakiko Esumi's hypocritical pension commercialWeekly Gendai2004 April
Work深山渓Waseda Elementary School's $35k Entrance FeeMonthly Gendai2004 February
ProjectSoka Gakkai's Economic PowerWeekly Diamond2004 August 7
PhotographySaki Takaoka and Tomoyasu Hotei's adulterous kissFriday2004 July
IssuesMayumi Wakamura's religious cult husbandWomen's Seven2004 March
2006
Grand PrizeFreestyle skier Tae Satoya's nightclub sexWeekly Bunshun
ScoopTaizō Sugimura's concealed engagement breakoff and abortionWeekly Post2005 October
Murder and arson at the house of Mabuchi Motor presidentWeekly Asahi2005 December, and on
2007
Grand PrizeAn economist's love affairWeekly Post2006 December
Machida TetsuNikko Cordial's secret scandalMonthly Gendai2006 February
ScoopSuicide scandal at the Chinese embassyWeekly Bunshun2006 January
WritingExclusive letter from Kazuko Hosoki's fatherWeekly Gendai2006年5月20日 - 8月19・26日号
米山勝弘「豪憲君's father's exclusive letterWeekly Shincho2006 July
PlanningNishioka KensukeJR East's secretly controlled by the Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction)Weekly Gendai2006 July - December
IssuesNEWS23 Mona Yamamoto's affair with married Yomiuri Giants player Tomohiro NiokaFriday2006 October
2008
Grand PrizeAsashōryū Akinori's sumo match fixingWeekly Gendai2007 February, and on
Exposure of "natto diet" scam on national television (article caused a large scandal)Weekly Asahi2007 January, and on
IssuesYumiko Himei's 6-year-long affairWeekly Bunshun2007 September
Celebrity tells all about her divorce with sumo wrestler Wakanohana MasaruWomen's Seven2007 October
ScoopWhy a defense minister got skipped over in the cabinet reshuffleWeekly Post2007 September
WritingMori IsaoRevolving door between justice system and private lawyersMonthly Gendai2007 October - 2008 May
PlanningYoshimoto Kogyo's ties to the yakuzaWeekly Shincho2007 April, and on
2009
Grand PrizeMona Yamamoto's affairWomen's Seven2008 July
Itou ShunyaHow a 36-year-old pregnant woman's body got lost in the streetsWeekly Bunshun2008 October
ScoopAkihabara massacre: confession from suspect's brotherWeekly Gendai2008 June
Spotted at a yakuza's birthday party: Takashi Hosokawa, Akira Kobayashi, and moreWeekly Shincho2008 October
IssuesMizuho Corporate Bank president's adulteryFriday2008 August
Adult film star Minako Komukai's prostitutionWeekly Post2008 November
WritingMori IsaoThe Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and burakuminMonthly Gendai2008 November
PhotographyAi Fukuhara and Kei Nishikori's secret romanceFriday2008 December
2010Source[2]
Grand PrizeYoshitada Konoike's secret weekend affair (an exposé which caused the politician to enter a mental hospital)Weekly Shincho2009 May
IssuesTelevision announcer Natsume Miku's naughty photosFLASH2009 July
When politician Tanaka Mieko was a "cosplay reporter"FRIDAY2009 September
WorkIchirō Ozawa's bribery scandal—a secret financial world revealedWeekly Gendai2009 March, and on
ScoopShigeo Nagashima's son Kazushige Nagashima wrecks his father's heritageWeekly Post2009 December
第17回(2011年)Source[3]
Grand PrizeSumo giant Kotomitsuki Keiji's expensive secrecy pact週刊新潮2010年5月27日号
ScoopArashi fan's "confession"週刊文春2010年11月11日号
Hiroshi Nakai and his favorite hostess bar週刊新潮2010年4月1日号
Writingja:村木厚子
江川紹子
Muraki Atsuko's misuse of funds for handicapped文藝春秋2010 October
Shimizu KiyoshiAshikaga murder case: an innocent man, 17 years in prison文藝春秋2010 October
IssuesAKB48 Sayaka Akimoto's "home date" with a 56-year-old manWeekly Bunshun2010 October
Ai Aoki's adulterous dateWeekly Shincho2010 September
PhotographyKiyoshi Hikawa's nighttime dateFRIDAY2010年7月30日号
2012Source[4]
Grand prizeUehara YoshihiroInvestigative biography of Tōru HashimotoShincho 452011 November
Yamaguchi YoshimasaOlympus scandal seriesFACTA2011 August - 2012
ScoopNuclear spokesman Nishiyama Hidehiko's use of prostitutesWeekly Shincho2011 June
Golfer Ryo Ishikawa stays at engaged woman's house女性セブン2011 November
WritingSano Shin'ichiBiography of Masayoshi Son週刊ポスト2011 January - September
IssuesCelebrity Yōsui Inoue's adulteryBunshun2011 July
Celebrity Shinsuke Shimada's "black cell phone" and organized crimeWeekly Asahi2011 September
PhotographyPolitician Masazumi Gotoda's adulterous practicesFRIDAY2011年6月17日号
Special Award:
Earthquake/Nuclear Issues
Ishii KoutaSpecial report: Recovering bodies from the tsunami areasShincho 452011 June–July
2013Source[5]
Grand Prize松田賢弥Ichirō Ozawa's wife's divorce papersWeekly Bunshun2012 June
ScoopTatsunori Hara pays off a yakuza bossWeekly Bunshun2012 June
Hashimoto Toru gropes a stewardessWeekly Bunshun2012 July
Celebrity's reliance on his motherWomen's Seven2012 April
Writing五味洋治E-mails from Kim Jong-namBunshun2012 March
岩井克己Interview with Emperor of Japan's former physicianBunshun2012 August
IssuesAtsuko Maeda carried home at night by a Ruroni Kenshin actor」Bunshun2012 September
PhotographyPolitician Tanaka Mieko's scandalous adulteryWeekly Shincho2012 June
2014Source:[6]
Grand PrizeCHAGE and ASKA - ASKA blackmailed by yakuza after being caught doing meth on camera!Weekly Bunshun2013 August
ScoopMari Yaguchi's adultery in front of her husbandWeekly Woman2013 June
We name the Kyodo News director who invited a college student to spend a night with himWeekly Bunshun2013 May
IssuesAKB's Minami Minegishi and EXILE's Alan Shirahama go at it!Weekly Bunshun2013 February
Mysterious letters from a murder suspectWomen2013 October
WritingTakeo NoguchiIs the "deaf genius composer" Mamoru Samuragochi for real?Shincho 452013 November
Investigation奥野修司
Exposé of high levels of poisonous toxins in Chinese meat used at McDonald's in JapanWeekly Bunshun2013 March
Letters from every prisoner on death rowWeekly Post2013 February
PhotographyScoop! Princess Kako of Akishino's lavish night out in KabukichoFLASH2013 April
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