The is an annual prize for journalism awarded by a coalition of Japanese publishing companies since 1995. Participating companies include mainstream publishers like Kodansha, Shinchosha, and Bungeishunjū.
Past awards DepartmentWinnerWinning journalismPublisherDates1995ScoopKaga KōeiDownfall of fascist oligarch Ryoichi Sasakawa Bungeishunjū1994 June–July Nissan vice president's "lost year" Gendai1994 AugustWritingYadaka NorioDeath of a Pulitzer Prize Cameraman—The Truth Bungeishunjū1994 AugustKomori YoshihisaWhy did a mother die at a university hospital? Chuo Kōron1994 February - DecemberProject Kotobagari and Discrimination: A Thorough Investigation Bunshun1994 February - MarchAkiko Satō"My diary of Tanaka Kakuei" Shinchō 451994 September - November1996Scoop(Monthly)Tatsuwa IwaseThe "Kyoto party" that slew the Ministry of the Treasury bureaucrats Gendai1995 MayScoop(Weekly) Treasury Minister Nakajima's Side Business Friday1995 AugustWritingFumiya IchihashiNew evidence in the Glico Morinaga case Shinchō 451995 MarchFumihiko TakayamaA murdered Fujifilm executive's final letter VIEWS1995 JanuaryProjectShōko EgawaEarly investigations of Aum Shinrikyo BungeishunjūTatsuwa IwaseCorruption under the mask of the mass media VIEWS1995 DecemberPhotography Murder of Hideo Murai Focus1995 MayTakeji KumagaiGreat Hanshin earthquake field photography Asahi Club1995 March, and on1997Scoop Anonymous"I was raped by Ikeda Daisaku" Shincho吉田仁 Why did an NEC elite businesswoman kill her children in a fire? GendaiProject米本和広Inside the Yamagishi cult VIEWS斎藤貴男"Erythromycin": medicine or poison? Shokun!Work黒沼克史The terrible life of high school girls Bunshun与那原恵Origins of a myth: the fabricated "rapes" in the Kobe earthquake Shokun!Photography大倉乾吾宮嶋茂樹Photos of Shoko Asahara Bunshun1998Scoop(Weekly) Yamaichi Securities: Grave Suspicions Weekly Toyo Keizai1997 April・MayScoop(Monthly) Okuno ShuujiKobe child murders: 28 Years Ago Bunshun1997 December作品賞佐野眞一Charisma—Isao Nakauchi's Postwar Revival 日経ビジネス1997 JuneProject舛添要一A mother with dementia and her household Women's Public1997 November - DecemberPhotography "Sōkaiya Racketeering" Focus1997 April1999Scoop(Weekly) Naoto Kan's Secret Hotel Meeting Weekly Bunshun1998 NovemberScoop(Monthly) The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Is Bankrupt Gendai1998 JulyWriting高山文彦Kobe child murders—the conditions of the suspect's family Shincho 451998 JulyUozumi AkiraThe Disappearance of Heo Yeong-jung Weekly Bunshun1998 MayProject Dog lover murders—a terrifying letter of confession Weekly Shincho1998 NovemberEya OsamuInside the highest ranks of North Korea: Kim Jong Il's Retainers SAPIOPhotography Kobe child murders principal went to a strip club on graduation day Focus1998 March2000Scoop(Weekly) Kobe child murders suspect's letter to his parents Weekly Bunshun1999 MarchScoop(Monthly) Scandal in the national prosecutors' office Truth and Rumors1999 MayWritingIwase TetsuyaBiography of Noboru Takeshita Shincho 45Uozumi Akira"King of Japan" Tsuneo Watanabe's "glory" and "solitude" 現代Project Johnny & Associates: The Monster of the Entertainment World Bunshun1999 October江藤淳Wife and I Bunshun1999年5月号Photography Kincho President's Orgies and Prostitution Friday1999年9月17日号 Tsuneo Watanabe and Soka Gakkai's Secret Pact Friday1999 October2001Scoop(Weekly) Kiyoshi ShimizuUncovering police complicity in murder of Shiori Ino FOCUS KSD scandal reporting Weekly AsahiAll yearScoop(Monthly) Neomugicha incident: a letter from parents Bunshun Yoshirō Mori's failures as prime minister Truth of RumorsWriting本田靖春"I'm not going to live as a cynic" GendaiAll year日垣隆Who is Sataka Makoto? Shokun!All year柳美里"Life" Weekly PostAll year2002Grand Prize Politician Ichiro Nakagawa's suicide: 18 years later, the truth Shincho 452001 March Ryōko Hirosue "rode a taxi for 150km" Friday2001 JulyWriting 中尾幸司Downfall of a household: Murder arrest of a middle school girl Shincho 452001 November - DecemberScoop Kenny Katsuhiko Nomura's Shocking Confession Weekly Shincho2001 JunePlanning上杉隆Investigation of Makiko Tanaka Weekly Bunshun2001 May2003Grand Prize溝口敦Investigation of HANNAN company president Weekly Gendai2002 September - DecemberScoop Kiyomi Tsujimoto's misuse of political funds Weekly Shincho2001年3月28日号ほか一連の記事 Politician Taku Yamasaki's perverted sex fantasies—horrifying photos Weekly Bunshun2001 May, and onPlanning What is a "judge"? Weekly Shincho2002 October - DecemberPhotography Chikage Oogi's husband's secret love Friday2002 June2004Grand Prize Nippon TV's sinking viewership—whitewashing and lies FLASH2003 November - December山田直樹I Denounce Soka Gakkai, Part 2 Weekly Shincho2003 November - DecemberPlanning Investigation of national pension problems Weekly GendaiWork Investigation of Hiromu Nonaka Shūkan GendaiIssues Truth and lies about a government official BunshunScoop Senichi Hoshino's so-called "voluntary retirement" Friday2005Grand Prize Kōhaku Uta Gassen's $800,000 director's fee Weekly Bunshun2004 July鵜飼克郎Fraudulent onsen photos Weekly Post2004 JulyScoop Makiko Esumi's hypocritical pension commercial Weekly Gendai2004 AprilWork深山渓Waseda Elementary School's $35k Entrance Fee Monthly Gendai2004 FebruaryProject Soka Gakkai's Economic Power Weekly Diamond2004 August 7Photography Saki Takaoka and Tomoyasu Hotei's adulterous kiss Friday2004 JulyIssues Mayumi Wakamura's religious cult husband Women's Seven2004 March2006Grand Prize Freestyle skier Tae Satoya's nightclub sex Weekly BunshunScoop Taizō Sugimura's concealed engagement breakoff and abortion Weekly Post2005 October Murder and arson at the house of Mabuchi Motor president Weekly Asahi2005 December, and on2007Grand Prize An economist's love affair Weekly Post2006 DecemberMachida TetsuNikko Cordial's secret scandal Monthly Gendai2006 FebruaryScoop Suicide scandal at the Chinese embassy Weekly Bunshun2006 JanuaryWriting Exclusive letter from Kazuko Hosoki's father Weekly Gendai2006年5月20日 - 8月19・26日号米山勝弘「豪憲君's father's exclusive letter Weekly Shincho2006 JulyPlanningNishioka KensukeJR East's secretly controlled by the Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction) Weekly Gendai2006 July - DecemberIssues NEWS23 Mona Yamamoto's affair with married Yomiuri Giants player Tomohiro Nioka Friday2006 October2008Grand Prize Asashōryū Akinori's sumo match fixing Weekly Gendai2007 February, and on Exposure of "natto diet" scam on national television (article caused a large scandal) Weekly Asahi2007 January, and onIssues Yumiko Himei's 6-year-long affair Weekly Bunshun2007 September Celebrity tells all about her divorce with sumo wrestler Wakanohana Masaru Women's Seven2007 OctoberScoop Why a defense minister got skipped over in the cabinet reshuffle Weekly Post2007 SeptemberWritingMori IsaoRevolving door between justice system and private lawyers Monthly Gendai2007 October - 2008 MayPlanning Yoshimoto Kogyo's ties to the yakuza Weekly Shincho2007 April, and on2009Grand Prize Mona Yamamoto's affair Women's Seven2008 JulyItou ShunyaHow a 36-year-old pregnant woman's body got lost in the streets Weekly Bunshun2008 OctoberScoop Akihabara massacre: confession from suspect's brother Weekly Gendai2008 June Spotted at a yakuza's birthday party: Takashi Hosokawa, Akira Kobayashi, and more Weekly Shincho2008 OctoberIssues Mizuho Corporate Bank president's adultery Friday2008 August Adult film star Minako Komukai's prostitution Weekly Post2008 NovemberWritingMori IsaoThe Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and burakumin Monthly Gendai2008 NovemberPhotography Ai Fukuhara and Kei Nishikori's secret romance Friday2008 December2010SourceGrand Prize Yoshitada Konoike's secret weekend affair (an exposé which caused the politician to enter a mental hospital) Weekly Shincho2009 MayIssues Television announcer Natsume Miku's naughty photos FLASH2009 July When politician Tanaka Mieko was a "cosplay reporter" FRIDAY2009 SeptemberWork Ichirō Ozawa's bribery scandal—a secret financial world revealed Weekly Gendai2009 March, and onScoop Shigeo Nagashima's son Kazushige Nagashima wrecks his father's heritage Weekly Post2009 December2011Source第17回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせGrand Prize Sumo giant Kotomitsuki Keiji's expensive secrecy pact週刊新潮2010年5月27日号Scoop Arashi fan's "confession"週刊文春2010年11月11日号 Hiroshi Nakai and his favorite hostess bar 週刊新潮2010年4月1日号Writing:ja:村木厚子江川紹子Muraki Atsuko's misuse of funds for handicapped文藝春秋2010 OctoberShimizu KiyoshiAshikaga murder case: an innocent man, 17 years in prison文藝春秋2010 OctoberIssues AKB48 Sayaka Akimoto's "home date" with a 56-year-old man Weekly Bunshun2010 October Ai Aoki's adulterous date Weekly Shincho2010 SeptemberPhotography Kiyoshi Hikawa's nighttime dateFRIDAY2010年7月30日号2012Source第18回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせGrand prizeUehara YoshihiroInvestigative biography of Tōru HashimotoShincho 452011 NovemberYamaguchi YoshimasaOlympus scandal seriesFACTA2011 August - 2012Scoop Nuclear spokesman Nishiyama Hidehiko's use of prostitutesWeekly Shincho2011 June Golfer Ryo Ishikawa stays at engaged woman's house女性セブン2011 NovemberWritingSano Shin'ichiBiography of Masayoshi Son 週刊ポスト2011 January Issues Celebrity Yōsui Inoue's adulteryBunshun2011 July Celebrity Shinsuke Shimada's "black cell phone" and organized crimeWeekly Asahi2011 SeptemberPhotography Politician Masazumi Gotoda's adulterous practicesFRIDAY2011年6月17日号Special Award:Earthquake/Nuclear IssuesIshii KoutaSpecial report: Recovering bodies from the tsunami areas Shincho 452011 June–July2013Source第19回「編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞」受賞作決定のお知らせGrand Prize松田賢弥Ichirō Ozawa's wife's divorce papersWeekly Bunshun2012 JuneScoop Tatsunori Hara pays off a yakuza bossWeekly Bunshun2012 June Hashimoto Toru gropes a stewardess Weekly Bunshun2012 July Celebrity's reliance on his mother Women's Seven2012 AprilWriting五味洋治E-mails from Kim Jong-nam Bunshun2012 March岩井克己 Interview with Emperor of Japan's former physicianBunshun2012 AugustIssues Atsuko Maeda carried home at night by a Ruroni Kenshin actorBunshun2012 SeptemberPhotography Politician Tanaka Mieko's scandalous adultery Weekly Shincho2012 June2014Source:Grand Prize CHAGE and ASKA - ASKA blackmailed by yakuza after being caught doing meth on camera!Weekly Bunshun2013 AugustScoop Mari Yaguchi's adultery in front of her husbandWeekly Woman2013 June We name the Kyodo News director who invited a college student to spend a night with him Weekly Bunshun2013 MayIssues AKB's Minami Minegishi and EXILE's Alan Shirahama go at it!Weekly Bunshun2013 February Mysterious letters from a murder suspect Josei Jishin2013 OctoberWritingTakeo NoguchiIs the "deaf genius composer" Mamoru Samuragochi for real? Shincho 452013 NovemberPlanning奥野修司他Exposé of high levels of poisonous toxins in Chinese meat used at McDonald's in JapanWeekly Bunshun2013 March Letters from every prisoner on death row Weekly Post2013 FebruaryPhotography Scoop! Princess Kako of Akishino's lavish night out in KabukichoFLASH2013 April2015Source:Grand PrizeKoyama NorioThe deaf composer was a charlatan!Weekly Bunshun2014 FebruaryScoopYūko Obuchi's "political funds" by the Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryWeekly Shincho2014 OctoberReal name accusation against the representative of Your Party who hid $8 million in debt Farewell politician Yoshimi Watanabe and representative DHC chairman Yoshiaki Yoshida exclusive memoWeekly Shincho2014 AprilIssuesMakiko Esumi's "stupid son" and Kazushige Nagashima's house with graffitiWeekly Bunshun2014 SeptemberExclusive scoop: The reason why Miss Toyo Eiwa canceled NTV's "women's announcer job offer"Weekly Gendai2014 NovemberWritingRyutaro NakamuraASKA is arrested!Weekly Bunshun2014 MayRyusho KadotaAsahi Shimbun's Yoshida Report scoop is the same as military comfort women false reportWeekly Post2014 JunePhotographyDaisuke Takahashi is forcibly kissing with Seiko HashimotoWeekly Bunshun2014 AugustScoop: Karina's origin of the “free-spirited” love with him who is rumored to be from TaiwanFRIDAY2014 April2016Source:Grand PrizeMary Kitagawa's angry monol