Kikuchi Kan Award
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (1979) award
Minoru Shibata
しばた みのる
Shibata Minoru
Pen Names:
Minoru Shibata（Real name and pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1930-03-21 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 1992-02-01 （Japan） age 61
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Editorial Board Chairman
- Active Years
- 1954-1992
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo University of Foreign Studies | Faculty of Foreign Studies | Department of Chinese Studies | — | — | Japan |
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Faculty of Foreign Studies
/ Department of Chinese Studies
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Kikuchi Kan Prize | — | — | Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Kikuchi Kan Prize
Organization:
Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Beijing Unreported: I Was Expelled
1967 Non-fictionA 1967 work exposing the Cultural Revolution in Beijing and power struggles despite reporting restrictions.
Cultural RevolutionReporting RestrictionsPower Struggles
The Tragedy of Mao Zedong series
1979 Non-fictionA series covering from the start of the Cultural Revolution to Lin Biao's fall and Zhou Enlai's era.
Mao ZedongCultural RevolutionModern Chinese History
The Ambitions of Kim Il-sung
1984 Non-fictionA work detailing North Korea's human rights issues and repatriation of Koreans in Japan.
North KoreaHuman Rights SuppressionZainichi Koreans
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed investigative reportingObjective perspectiveDocumentary narration
- Recurring Motifs
- Power strugglesProblems of socialist regimesHuman rights issues
Health
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Illness晩年数年間Fell ill in final years and was refused visitation.
Legacy
Minoru Shibata contributed as a Japanese journalist by reporting accurately and objectively on the Cultural Revolution and North Korean issues.
Trivia
- Expelled from China in 1967.
- Authored detailed series on Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution.
- One of the first journalists in Japan to detail North Korea's human rights issues.