The award honored the team behind Sunao Katabuchi's animated feature adaptation of Fumiyo Kono's manga. The film portrays Suzu's daily life in wartime Kure, Hiroshima, layering the textures of ordinary living with the shadow of war.

An animated film that depicts wartime life through domestic detail and the pain of loss.

A series of investigative reports by Tulip Television's news production team on political activity expenses in Toyama City Council. The reporting made opaque local-government spending visible and helped bring wider scrutiny to the resignations that followed.

Persistent local reporting turned municipal accounting abuse into a national issue.