A nonfiction portrait of the wife who carried the burden after Rikidozan's death.

It follows Keiko, who became president of five companies at age twenty-two.

A nonfiction work from the perspective of the editor who founded Teens Road, following bubble-era ladies biker culture and what became of the girls involved.

It records the energy of Teens Road and the ladies biker scene from an insider's point of view.

A reportage centered on Masaki Yamamoto, founder of the private hospice Kibo no Ie in Sanya, tracing the realities of care and welfare, his fall from grace, and the search for his missing wife.

Through the light and shadow of a Sanya hospice founder, it examines the realities of care.

愛を描いたひと：イ・ジュンソプと山本方子の百年 is an award-winning work by 大貫智子. It carefully follows its themes and expression, showing how personal experience connects with society, memory, and language.

愛を描いたひと：イ・ジュンソプと山本方子の百年 looks closely at the relationship between people and the world with the density expected of an award-winning work.

This nonfiction work follows a family in Minamisoma, Fukushima, confronted by both the tsunami and the nuclear accident. Through the intimate clue of family photographs, it records loss, the continuing search for the missing, and the passing on of memory beyond the frame of ordinary disaster reporting.

From a single family photograph, memories of tsunami damage overshadowed by the nuclear accident begin to surface.

牙：アフリカゾウの「密猟組織」を追って by 三浦英之 is introduced here as the award-recognized work. The book is valued for its distinctive subject, its attention to character emotion, and the way it develops its central conflict into a readable literary or genre narrative.

A concise introduction to 牙：アフリカゾウの「密猟組織」を追って, a work shaped by its subject and emotional stakes.

消された信仰：「最後のかくれキリシタン」- 長崎・生月島の人々 is an award-winning work by 広野真嗣. It carefully follows its themes and expression, showing how personal experience connects with society, memory, and language.

消された信仰：「最後のかくれキリシタン」- 長崎・生月島の人々 looks closely at the relationship between people and the world with the density expected of an award-winning work.

永遠（とわ）のPL学園：六〇年目のゲームセット by 柳川悠二 is an award-recognized work. The entry focuses on the published work, its author, and the context in which it was selected.

A concise profile of 柳川悠二's 永遠（とわ）のPL学園：六〇年目のゲームセット through its award record.

小倉昌男 祈りと経営：ヤマト「宅急便」の父が闘っていたもの is a work by 森健受賞・候補作品。賞の記録で作品名は確認できるが、Amazon JP、NDL OPAC、出版社公式で同名の単行本・文庫・短編集として確実に対応する書誌を確認できなかったため、雑誌号や応募原稿の識別子は採用しない。

Verified information on 小倉昌男 祈りと経営：ヤマト「宅急便」の父が闘っていたもの is organized as prize-work data.

A nonfiction report from fertility and reproductive medicine sites around the world, following egg donation and the realities of medical business.

卵子 探しています：世界の不妊・生殖医療 現場を訪ねて is a work by 宮下洋一 whose profile can be outlined through award records and bibliographic checks.

A biography tracing the life and private face of Yashiki Takajin, portraying him as singer, television figure, and symbol of Kansai culture.

ゆめいらんかね：やしきたかじん伝 is a work by 角岡伸彦 whose profile can be outlined through award records and bibliographic checks.

A nonfiction work by a pediatric surgeon following a boy with trisomy eighteen and his family. Around a life expected to be brief before birth, it observes medical care and family choices.

From a physician's perspective, it carefully follows a family's time with a child expected to live only briefly.

Published as Showa Niju-gonen Saigo no Senshisha, this nonfiction work follows the Japanese special minesweeping unit sent into Korean War waters, revealing a little-seen memory of postwar Japan's involvement.

By tracing Japanese men who went to Korean War waters, the book uncovers a shadowed part of postwar history.

シロアリ――復興予算を食った人たち is a ノンフィクション by 福場ひとみ recognized in the relevant 2013 literary award cycle. The entry summarizes the work as a prize-listed title based on the available bibliographic record.

Bibliographic and descriptive notes for シロアリ――復興予算を食った人たち, recorded as a 2013 award-winning work.

R130-#34 封印された写真――ユージン・スミスの「水俣」 is an award-winning work by 山口由美. Amazon JP, NDL, and related publisher records were checked, but no ISBN for a standalone book or paperback containing the work could be confirmed. Magazine and article identifiers were not reused.

R130-#34 封印された写真――ユージン・スミスの「水俣」, recorded as an award-winning work by 山口由美.

マオキッズ――毛沢東のこどもたちを巡る旅 is an award-winning work by 八木澤高明. Amazon JP, NDL, and related publisher records were checked, but no ISBN for a standalone book or paperback containing the work could be confirmed. Magazine and article identifiers were not reused.

マオキッズ――毛沢東のこどもたちを巡る旅, recorded as an award-winning work by 八木澤高明.

北緯43度の雪 is a work by 河野啓. Available descriptions point to a readable structure and a clearly defined premise.

北緯43度の雪 offers a clear entry point into the qualities recognized by the award.

柔の恩人──「女子柔道の母」ラスティ・カノコギが夢見た世界 is a work by 小倉孝保. Available descriptions point to a readable structure and a clearly defined premise.

柔の恩人──「女子柔道の母」ラスティ・カノコギが夢見た世界 offers a clear entry point into the qualities recognized by the award.

This biography follows the life of biwa master Kinshi Tsuruta, who became known worldwide through Toru Takemitsu's November Steps. It traces the fierce path of a person who left children behind, crossed gendered roles, and lived also as a business figure, while placing that life within modern Japanese music history.

The extraordinary life behind the biwa sound that shook the world.

This nonfiction work follows Hiroshi Aoyama's path to the final championship in the 250cc class of the motorcycle road racing world championship. Against the backdrop of global recession, team withdrawal, and the threat of losing his seat, it traces the rider and team on their way to the title.

In the fading 250cc class, Hiroshi Aoyama races toward becoming its final champion.

A nonfiction account of young winemakers who helped open a path for Japanese wine. It follows their attempt to inherit Usuke Asai’s ideas and make wine rooted in Japanese soil, from grape growing to vinification.

A record of young makers who challenged what many thought impossible in Japanese wine.

A nonfiction work focused on embryologists, specialists who handle fertilized eggs in fertility treatment. It follows the work, conflicts, and future of professionals who support the beginning of life behind the scenes of medicine.

The book shines light on embryologists, the specialists who support life at its earliest stage.

我思う、ゆえに我あり is nonfiction that patiently approaches its subject and connects individual experience with social structures. It draws the distortions of its time from concrete scenes.

我思う、ゆえに我あり is nonfiction that patiently approaches its subject and connects individual experience with social structures.

北京陳情村 is nonfiction that patiently approaches its subject and connects individual experience with social structures. It draws the distortions of its time from concrete scenes.

北京陳情村 is nonfiction that patiently approaches its subject and connects individual experience with social structures.

A nonfiction work following small-scale commercial whaling that remains in places such as Taiji, Wada, and Abashiri. It depicts the work of men who hunt whales, the atmosphere of the sea, and public views of whaling, presenting the current state of Japanese coastal whaling.

From boats chasing whales across misty seas, the present of coastal whaling comes into view.

This nonfiction work portrays Teruko Teruya's life against the backdrop of postwar Okinawa and the desire for self-determination. Rin Takagi follows politics, local activism, and family memory to show how one woman stood against the pressures of her age.

Through the life of a woman who imagined Okinawa's future, the book reveals another outline of postwar history.

A nonfiction work following a couple's court battle after losing a baby born after a traffic accident during pregnancy. It confronts the difficult question of whether a fetus is legally a person, examining criminal law, damages, and social conflict around abortion.

From the death of a child who lived eleven hours, the book steps into the question of fetal rights.

A nonfiction work in which opera singer Chon Wolson traces her life and family history, portraying a life that crosses borders through song and a family shaped by the histories of Korea and Japan.

Song crosses the strait, awakening family memory and historical pain.

A nonfiction account of the discovery and development of statins, centered on Akira Endo’s research life and the scientific and corporate struggles behind a medicine that changed cardiovascular treatment.

A search that began with a fungus led to a medicine that changed global healthcare.

犬科動物を深く愛し、研究と飼育に生涯を注いだ平岩米吉の情熱を追う評伝。自由が丘で多くの犬や狼と暮らした人物像を通じて、昭和の動物文化の一断面を描く。

犬と狼を見つめ続けた男の生涯から、昭和の動物観が立ち上がる。

社会の周縁や報道の現場に目を向け、人物の視線を通して時代の矛盾を描くノンフィクション。対象に近づく取材の姿勢から、人間の尊厳と現実の重さを浮かび上がらせる。

ひとりの眼差しを通して、社会の痛みと人間の強さを見つめる。

A work of reportage on the death of a young girl, examining the family and social conditions behind neglect and questioning why support failed to reach her.

ネグレクト 真奈ちゃんはなぜ死んだか distills the core of 杉山春's work into a story or line of thought that reaches the reader clearly.

This nonfiction work follows descendants of Chinese Muslims who moved from Yunnan to Myanmar. In a region where ethnicity, religion, and migration overlap, it traces how people have put down roots.

In lands of red, black, and green, memories of migration and faith overlap.

This nonfiction work follows the life of adventurer Hyoichi Kono, who reached the North Pole alone on foot. Centered on his longing for the mandarin fields of home, it portrays the family ties, homeland, and fierce commitment behind an extreme challenge.

The polar expedition is bound to an urgent wish to return to a distant home.

中国共産党に消された人々 is a nonfiction by 相馬 勝. It focuses on 中国共産党体制のもとで抑圧された人びとの足跡を追い、政治権力と個人の尊厳を問う。

中国共産党に消された人々 uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.

パラダイスウォーカー どこまでも車イスでいく is a nonfiction by 中村 勝雄. It focuses on 車イスで移動する経験を通して、旅と社会参加の可能性を広げる実践を描く。

パラダイスウォーカー どこまでも車イスでいく uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.

マルチルの刻印 is a nonfiction by 渡辺千尋. It focuses on 殉教の記憶をめぐり、歴史の痕跡に刻まれた信仰と暴力をたどる。

マルチルの刻印 uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.

まぐろ土佐船 にわかコック奮戦記 is a work by 斎藤健次. マグロ漁船に乗り込んだにわかコックの体験を描くノンフィクション。厳しい海の仕事と船上生活の人間模様を伝えます。

まぐろ土佐船 にわかコック奮戦記 centers on ノンフィクション and presents its characters through a distinctive literary frame.

フィリピデスの懊悩 is a work by 増田明文. マラソンやスポーツ史の象徴を手がかりに、人間の限界、競技、社会のまなざしを考えるノンフィクション性の強い作品です。

フィリピデスの懊悩 centers on スポーツ and presents its characters through a distinctive literary frame.

淡淡有情(たんたんゆうじょう) is an award-winning work. This nonfiction award winner closely follows real people, events, and social circumstances.

淡淡有情(たんたんゆうじょう) presents its award-recognized themes and narrative voice with clarity.

リアル・クローン is an award-winning work. This nonfiction award winner closely follows real people, events, and social circumstances.

リアル・クローン presents its award-recognized themes and narrative voice with clarity.

百年目の帰郷 is a work by 鈴木洋史. It was recognized by the shogakukan nonfiction grand award in 1998.

エクソシストとの対話 is a work by 島村菜津. It was recognized by the shogakukan nonfiction grand award in 1998.

絶対音感 is an award-recognized work by 最相葉月. It leads readers toward the concerns suggested by its title through people, period, society, and memory.

絶対音感 is a work by 最相葉月 that continues to be read through its award recognition.

闇はわれを阻まず 山本覚馬伝 is an award-recognized work by 鈴木由紀子. It leads readers toward the concerns suggested by its title through people, period, society, and memory.

闇はわれを阻まず 山本覚馬伝 is a work by 鈴木由紀子 that continues to be read through its award recognition.

ムスリム・ニッポン is an award-recognized work by 田澤拓也. It leads readers toward the concerns suggested by its title through people, period, society, and memory.

ムスリム・ニッポン is a work by 田澤拓也 that continues to be read through its award recognition.

カフカスの小さな国 is a nonfiction work by 林克明. Recognized by the award, it centers on the world suggested by its title and follows shifts in character, memory, and atmosphere.

カフカスの小さな国 reflects 林克明's voice and the literary concerns surrounding its award year.

残酷な楽園 is a nonfiction work by 降旗学. Recognized by the award, it centers on the world suggested by its title and follows shifts in character, memory, and atmosphere.

残酷な楽園 reflects 降旗学's voice and the literary concerns surrounding its award year.

ライオンの夢 is a nonfiction work by 神山典士. Recognized by the award, it centers on the world suggested by its title and follows shifts in character, memory, and atmosphere.

ライオンの夢 reflects 神山典士's voice and the literary concerns surrounding its award year.

A nonfiction work about facing the body after breast-cancer treatment and choosing breast reconstruction. It treats the subject not only as a medical matter but as an issue of bodily identity, dignity, and return to daily life.

A nonfiction work about facing the body after breast-cancer treatment and choosing breast reconstruction.

A nonfiction work about soccer, following the intensity of play and the human drama around an uncompromising left back.

狂気の左サイドバック uses ノンフィクション as an entry point into human emotion.

A nonfiction portrait that follows one person's life while tracing links to family, society, and cultural difference.

ショーン uses ノンフィクション as an entry point into human emotion.

A nonfiction work about people and cultural change in China, asking what is inherited and what is transformed in a rapidly changing society.

龍の伝人たち uses ノンフィクション as an entry point into human emotion.