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Mainichi Publishing Culture Award まいにちしゅっぱんぶんかしょう

Edition 76 (2022)

Literature and Arts CategoryHumanities and Social Sciences CategoryNatural Sciences CategoryPlanning CategorySpecial Award

Winners

4 people
Kenjiro Okazaki おかざき けんじろう award

This nonfiction follows how investigative reporting exposed the existence of “statement-vulnerable” people trapped in wrongful convictions and led to retrial acquittals.

An inside look at the investigative reporting that unraveled wrongful convictions.

312 pages
wrongful convictioninvestigative reportingretrialjustice system
Takii Kazuhiro たきい かずひろ award

The first volume of a selected collection of criticism written over many years by Kenjiro Okazaki, gathering essays on art, perception, and the nature of the soul.

Criticism is the shaping of the soul.

488 pages
art criticismcontemporary artessay collectionKenjiro Okazaki
Yasu Furukawa ふるかわ やすし award
488 pages
Masahiko Kishi きし まさひこ planning award
1216 pages