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Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award おおやそういちノンフィクションしょう

Edition 26 (1995)

Nonfiction

Winners

2 people
Yoshiko Sakurai さくらい よしこ award

A nonfiction investigation by Yoshiko Sakurai into the HIV-contaminated blood products scandal. It follows how people with hemophilia were infected with HIV and examines the Tokyo HIV litigation, victims' voices, and the responsibilities of the state, medical administration, and pharmaceutical companies.

A nonfiction investigation into the situation of victims of the HIV-contaminated blood products scandal and the responsibilities of government, medicine, and pharmaceutical companies.

283 pages
HIV-contaminated blood productshemophiliamedical administrationresponsibilitylitigation
Masaharu Goto ごとう まさはる award

A nonfiction work by Masaharu Goto. It follows over ten years Yoshikazu Wakihama, a teacher who creates a boxing club at an evening high school, and students facing setbacks at school and in life as they seek the experience of winning.

Wakihama establishes the boxing club in the hope of giving his students even one experience of victory. The effort becomes a return match for the teacher as well, revealing a teacher-student relationship that cannot be made in a classroom alone.

329 pages
educationboxingsetbacks and renewalteacher-student relationships