:Editors' Choice Magazine Journalism Award

{{short description|Japanese annual prize for journalism}}

The {{nihongo|Editors' Choice Magazine Journalism Award|編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞|Hensũsha ga Erabu Zasshi Jānarizumu Shō}} 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

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! style="background-color:#e6e6e6;" |Department!! style="background-color:#e6e6e6;" |Winner!! colspan="2" style="background-color:#e6e6e6;" |Winning journalism!! style="background-color:#e6e6e6;" |Publisher!! style="background-color:#e6e6e6;" |Dates

colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |1995
rowspan="2" |Scoopstyle="white-space:nowrap;" |Kaga KōeiDownfall of fascist oligarch Ryoichi SasakawaBungeishunjū1994 June–July
Nissan vice president's "lost year"Gendai1994 August
rowspan="2" |WritingYadaka NorioDeath of a Pulitzer Prize Cameraman—The TruthBungeishunjū1994 August
Komori YoshihisaWhy did a mother die at a university hospital?Chuo Kōron1994 February - December
rowspan="2" |ProjectKotobagari and Discrimination: A Thorough InvestigationBunshun1994 February - March
Akiko Satō"My diary of Tanaka Kakuei"Shinchō 451994 September - November
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |1996
style="white-space:nowrap;" |Scoop
(Monthly)
Tatsuwa IwaseThe "Kyoto party" that slew the Ministry of the Treasury bureaucratsGendai1995 May
Scoop
(Weekly)
Treasury Minister Nakajima's Side BusinessFriday1995 August
rowspan="2" |WritingFumiya IchihashiNew evidence in the Glico Morinaga caseShinchō 451995 March
Fumihiko TakayamaA murdered Fujifilm executive's final letterVIEWS1995 January
rowspan="2" |ProjectShōko EgawaEarly investigations of Aum ShinrikyoBungeishunjū
Tatsuwa IwaseCorruption under the mask of the mass mediaVIEWS1995 December
rowspan="2" |PhotographyMurder of Hideo MuraiFocus1995 May
Takeji KumagaiGreat Hanshin earthquake field photographyAsahi Club1995 March, and on
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |1997
rowspan="2" |ScoopAnonymous"I was raped by Ikeda Daisaku"Shincho
吉田仁Why did an NEC elite businesswoman kill her children in a fire?Gendai
rowspan="2" |Project米本和広Inside the Yamagishi cultVIEWS
斎藤貴男"Erythromycin": medicine or poison?Shokun!
rowspan="2" |Work黒沼克史The terrible life of high school girlsBunshun
与那原恵Origins of a myth: the fabricated "rapes" in the Kobe earthquakeShokun!
Photography大倉乾吾
宮嶋茂樹
Photos of Shoko AsaharaBunshun
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |1998
Scoop
(Weekly)
Yamaichi Securities: Grave SuspicionsWeekly Toyo Keizai1997 AprilMay
Scoop
(Monthly)
Okuno ShuujiKobe child murders: 28 Years AgoBunshun1997 December
作品賞佐野眞一Charisma—Isao Nakauchi's Postwar Revival日経ビジネス1997 June
Project舛添要一A mother with dementia and her householdWomen's Public1997 November - December
Photography"Sōkaiya Racketeering"Focus1997 April
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |1999
Scoop
(Weekly)
Naoto Kan's Secret Hotel MeetingWeekly Bunshun1998 November
Scoop
(Monthly)
The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Is BankruptGendai1998 July
rowspan="2" |Writing高山文彦Kobe child murders—the conditions of the suspect's familyShincho 451998 July
Uozumi AkiraThe Disappearance of Heo Yeong-jungWeekly Bunshun1998 May
rowspan="2" |ProjectDog lover murders—a terrifying letter of confessionWeekly Shincho1998 November
Eya OsamuInside the highest ranks of North Korea: Kim Jong Il's RetainersSAPIO
PhotographyKobe child murders principal went to a strip club on graduation dayFocus1998 March
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |2000
Scoop
(Weekly)
Kobe child murders suspect's letter to his parentsWeekly Bunshun1999 March
Scoop
(Monthly)
Scandal in the national prosecutors' officeTruth and Rumors1999 May
rowspan="2" |WritingIwase TetsuyaBiography of Noboru TakeshitaShincho 45
Uozumi Akira"King of Japan" Tsuneo Watanabe's "glory" and "solitude"現代
rowspan="2" |ProjectJohnny & Associates: The Monster of the Entertainment WorldBunshun1999 October
江藤淳Wife and IBunshun1999年5月号
rowspan="2" |PhotographyKincho President's Orgies and ProstitutionFriday1999年9月17日号
Tsuneo Watanabe and Soka Gakkai's Secret PactFriday1999 October
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |2001
rowspan="2" |Scoop
(Weekly)
Kiyoshi ShimizuUncovering police complicity in murder of Shiori InoFOCUS
KSD scandal reportingWeekly AsahiAll year
rowspan="2" |Scoop
(Monthly)
Neomugicha incident: a letter from parentsBunshun
Yoshirō Mori's failures as prime ministerTruth of Rumors
rowspan="3" |Writing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 year
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |2002
rowspan="2" |Grand PrizePolitician Ichiro Nakagawa's suicide: 18 years later, the truthShincho 452001 March
Ryōko Hirosue "rode a taxi for 150km"Friday2001 July
Writing中尾幸司Downfall of a household: Murder arrest of a middle school girlShincho 452001 November - December
ScoopKenny Katsuhiko Nomura's Shocking ConfessionWeekly Shincho2001 June
Planningstyle="white-space:nowrap;" |上杉隆{{Cite web|author=同志社大学メディア学研究会/浅野健一 |date=2010-05-15 |url=http://www1.doshisha.ac.jp/~kasano/FEATURES/2010/20100520_uesugitakashi.html |title=フリージャーナリスト・上杉隆による特別講演会 政権交代とメディア ―政治取材の現場から― |accessdate=2011-04-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104065828/http://www1.doshisha.ac.jp/~kasano/FEATURES/2010/20100520_uesugitakashi.html |archivedate=2014-01-04 }}Investigation of Makiko TanakaWeekly Bunshun2001 May
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |2003
Grand Prize溝口敦Investigation of HANNAN company presidentWeekly Gendai2002 September - December
rowspan="2" |ScoopKiyomi Tsujimoto's misuse of political fundsWeekly Shincho2001年3月28日号ほか一連の記事
Politician Taku Yamasaki's perverted sex fantasies—horrifying photosWeekly Bunshun2001 May, and on
PlanningWhat is a "judge"?Weekly Shincho2002 October - December
PhotographyChikage Oogi's husband's secret loveFriday2002 June
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |2004
rowspan="2" |Grand PrizeNippon TV's sinking viewership—whitewashing and liesFLASH2003 November - December
山田直樹I Denounce Soka Gakkai, Part 2Weekly Shincho2003 November - December
PlanningInvestigation of national pension problemsWeekly Gendai
WorkInvestigation of Hiromu NonakaShūkan Gendai
IssuesTruth and lies about a government officialBunshun
ScoopSenichi Hoshino's so-called "voluntary retirement"Friday
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |2005
rowspan="2" |Grand PrizeKōhaku Uta Gassen's $800,000 director's feeWeekly Bunshun2004 July
鵜飼克郎Fraudulent onsen photosWeekly Post2004 July
ScoopMakiko Esumi's hypocritical pension commercialWeekly Gendai2004 April
Work深山渓Waseda Elementary School's $35k Entrance FeeMonthly Gendai2004 February
ProjectSoka Gakkai's Economic Powerstyle="white-space:nowrap;" |Weekly Diamond2004 August 7
PhotographySaki Takaoka and Tomoyasu Hotei's adulterous kissFriday2004 July
IssuesMayumi Wakamura's religious cult husbandWomen's Seven2004 March
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |2006
Grand PrizeFreestyle skier Tae Satoya's nightclub sexWeekly Bunshun
rowspan="2" |ScoopTaizō Sugimura's concealed engagement breakoff and abortionWeekly Post2005 October
Murder and arson at the house of Mabuchi Motor presidentWeekly Asahi2005 December, and on
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |2007
rowspan="2" |Grand PrizeAn economist's love affairWeekly Post2006 December
Machida TetsuNikko Cordial's secret scandalMonthly Gendai2006 February
ScoopSuicide scandal at the Chinese embassyWeekly Bunshunstyle="white-space:nowrap;" |2006 January
rowspan="2" |WritingExclusive letter from Kazuko Hosoki's fatherWeekly Gendai2006年5月20日 - 8月19・26日号
米山勝弘「豪憲君's father's exclusive letterWeekly Shincho2006 July
PlanningNishioka KensukeJR East's secretly controlled by the Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction)Weekly Gendai2006 July - December
IssuesNEWS23 Mona Yamamoto's affair with married Yomiuri Giants player Tomohiro NiokaFriday2006 October
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |2008
rowspan="2" |Grand PrizeAsashōryū Akinori's sumo match fixingWeekly Gendai2007 February, and on
Exposure of "natto diet" scam on national television (article caused a large scandal)Weekly Asahi2007 January, and on
rowspan="2" |IssuesYumiko Himei's 6-year-long affairWeekly Bunshun2007 September
Celebrity tells all about her divorce with sumo wrestler Wakanohana MasaruWomen's Seven2007 October
ScoopWhy a defense minister got skipped over in the cabinet reshuffleWeekly Post2007 September
WritingMori IsaoRevolving door between justice system and private lawyersMonthly Gendai2007 October - 2008 May
PlanningYoshimoto Kogyo's ties to the yakuzaWeekly Shincho2007 April, and on
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |2009
rowspan="2" |Grand PrizeMona Yamamoto's affairWomen's Seven2008 July
Itou ShunyaHow a 36-year-old pregnant woman's body got lost in the streetsWeekly Bunshun2008 October
rowspan="2" |ScoopAkihabara massacre: confession from suspect's brotherWeekly Gendai2008 June
Spotted at a yakuza's birthday party: Takashi Hosokawa, Akira Kobayashi, and moreWeekly Shincho2008 October
rowspan="2" |IssuesMizuho Corporate Bank president's adulteryFriday2008 August
Adult film star Minako Komukai's prostitutionWeekly Post2008 November
WritingMori IsaoThe Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and burakuminMonthly Gendai2008 November
PhotographyAi Fukuhara and Kei Nishikori's secret romanceFriday2008 December
colspan="5" style="text-align:left; border-right-style:none;" |2010style="text-align:right; border-left-style:none; " |Source{{Cite web |url=http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/10_index.html |title=第16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 |access-date=2014-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405211312/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/10_index.html |archive-date=2011-04-05 |url-status=dead }}
Grand PrizeYoshitada Konoike's secret weekend affair (an exposé which caused the politician to enter a mental hospital)Weekly Shincho2009 May
rowspan="2" |IssuesTelevision announcer Natsume Miku's naughty photosFLASH2009 July
When politician Tanaka Mieko was a "cosplay reporter"FRIDAY2009 September
WorkIchirō Ozawa's bribery scandal—a secret financial world revealedWeekly Gendai2009 March, and on
ScoopShigeo Nagashima's son Kazushige Nagashima wrecks his father's heritageWeekly Post2009 December
colspan="5" style="text-align:left; border-right-style:none;" |2011style="text-align:right; border-left-style:none; " |Source[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/11_index.html 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]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Grand PrizeSumo giant Kotomitsuki Keiji's expensive secrecy pact[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/taisho_kotomitsuki.pdf]週刊新潮2010年5月27日号
rowspan="2" |ScoopArashi fan's "confession"[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/scoup_arashi.pdf]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
rowspan="2" |Writing:ja:村木厚子
江川紹子
Muraki Atsuko's misuse of funds for handicapped[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/sakuhin_muraki.pdf]文藝春秋2010 October
|Shimizu KiyoshiAshikaga murder case: an innocent man, 17 years in prison[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/sakuhin_sugaya.pdf]文藝春秋2010 October
rowspan="2" |IssuesAKB48 Sayaka Akimoto's "home date" with a 56-year-old man[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/wadai_akb.pdf]Weekly Bunshun2010 October
Ai Aoki's adulterous dateWeekly Shincho2010 September
PhotographyKiyoshi Hikawa's nighttime date[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/shashin_hikawa.pdf]FRIDAY2010年7月30日号
colspan="5" style="text-align:left; border-right-style:none;" |2012style="text-align:right; border-left-style:none; " |Source[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/12_index.html 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]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
rowspan="2" |Grand prizeUehara YoshihiroInvestigative biography of Tōru Hashimoto[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/12_taisho_hashimoto.pdf]Shincho 452011 November
Yamaguchi YoshimasaOlympus scandal series[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/12_taisho_olympus.pdf]FACTA2011 August - 2012
rowspan="2" |ScoopNuclear spokesman Nishiyama Hidehiko's use of prostitutes[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/12_scoop_nishiyama.pdf]Weekly Shincho2011 June
Golfer Ryo Ishikawa stays at engaged woman's house[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/12_scoop_ishikawa.pdf]女性セブン2011 November
WritingSano Shin'ichiBiography of Masayoshi Son週刊ポスト2011 January {{Nowrap
September}}
rowspan="2" |IssuesCelebrity Yōsui Inoue's adultery[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/12_wadai_othero.pdf]Bunshun2011 July
Celebrity Shinsuke Shimada's "black cell phone" and organized crime[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/12_wadai_shinsuke.pdf]Weekly Asahi2011 September
PhotographyPolitician Masazumi Gotoda's adulterous practices[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/12_shasin_gotouda.pdf]FRIDAY2011年6月17日号
style="white-space:nowrap;" |Special Award:
Earthquake/Nuclear Issues
Ishii KoutaSpecial report: Recovering bodies from the tsunami areasShincho 452011 June–July
colspan="5" style="text-align:left; border-right-style:none;" |2013style="text-align:right; border-left-style:none; " |Source[http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/index_19.html 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 papers[https://web.archive.org/web/20140104013720/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no19_taisho_ozawa.pdf]Weekly Bunshun2012 June
rowspan="3" |ScoopTatsunori Hara pays off a yakuza boss[https://web.archive.org/web/20140104013821/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no19_scoop_hara.pdf]Weekly Bunshun2012 June
Hashimoto Toru gropes a stewardess[https://web.archive.org/web/20140104013735/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no19_scoop_hashimoto.pdf]Weekly Bunshun2012 July
Celebrity's reliance on his mother[https://web.archive.org/web/20140104013629/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no19_scoop_seikatsu.pdf]Women's Seven2012 April
rowspan="2"|Writing五味洋治E-mails from Kim Jong-nam[https://web.archive.org/web/20140104013834/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no19_sakuhin_kim.pdf]Bunshun2012 March
岩井克己Interview with Emperor of Japan's former physician[https://web.archive.org/web/20140104013928/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no19_sakuhin_koushitsu.pdf]Bunshun2012 August
IssuesAtsuko Maeda carried home at night by a Ruroni Kenshin actor[https://web.archive.org/web/20140104013958/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no19_wadai_maeda.pdf]Bunshun2012 September
PhotographyPolitician Tanaka Mieko's scandalous adultery[https://web.archive.org/web/20140104013620/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no19_shasin_tanaka.pdf]Weekly Shincho2012 June
colspan="5" style="text-align:left; border-right-style:none;" |2014style="text-align:right; border-left-style:none; " |Source:{{Cite web |title=編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞 |url=http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/index_21.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=zasshi-journalismsyo.jp}}
Grand PrizeCHAGE and ASKA - ASKA blackmailed by yakuza after being caught doing meth on camera![https://web.archive.org/web/20140324184540/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no20_taisho_shabu.pdf]Weekly Bunshun2013 August
rowspan="2" |ScoopMari Yaguchi's adultery in front of her husband[https://web.archive.org/web/20140324184134/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no20_scoop_yaguchi.pdf]Weekly Woman2013 June
We name the Kyodo News director who invited a college student to spend a night with him[https://web.archive.org/web/20140401110919/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no20_scoop_shukatsu.pdf]Weekly Bunshun2013 May
rowspan="2" |IssuesAKB's Minami Minegishi and EXILE's Alan Shirahama go at it![https://web.archive.org/web/20140324171112/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no20_wadai_akb.pdf]Weekly Bunshun2013 February
Mysterious letters from a murder suspect[https://web.archive.org/web/20140401110937/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no20_wadai_kijima.pdf]Josei Jishin2013 October
WritingTakeo NoguchiIs the "deaf genius composer" Mamoru Samuragochi for real?Shincho 452013 November
rowspan="2" |Planning奥野修司
Exposé of high levels of poisonous toxins in Chinese meat used at McDonald's in Japan[https://web.archive.org/web/20140401110809/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no20_kikaku_chugoku.pdf]Weekly Bunshun2013 March
Letters from every prisoner on death rowWeekly Post2013 February
PhotographyScoop! Princess Kako of Akishino's lavish night out in Kabukicho[https://web.archive.org/web/20140324184050/http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/pdf/no20_shashin_kakosama.pdf]FLASH2013 April
colspan="5" style="text-align:left; border-right-style:none;" |2015style="text-align:right; border-left-style:none; " |Source:{{Cite web |title=編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞 |url=http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/index_21.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=zasshi-journalismsyo.jp}}
Grand Prize

|Koyama Norio

|The deaf composer was a charlatan!

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2014 February

rowspan="2" |Scoop

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|Yūko Obuchi's "political funds" by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

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|Weekly Shincho

|2014 October

|Real 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 memo

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|Weekly Shincho

|2014 April

rowspan="2" |Issues

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|Makiko Esumi's "stupid son" and Kazushige Nagashima's house with graffiti

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2014 September

|Exclusive scoop: The reason why Miss Toyo Eiwa canceled NTV's "women's announcer job offer"

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|Weekly Gendai

|2014 November

rowspan="2" |Writing

|Ryutaro Nakamura

|ASKA is arrested!

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2014 May

Ryusho Kadota

|Asahi Shimbun's Yoshida Report scoop is the same as military comfort women false report

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|Weekly Post

|2014 June

rowspan="2" |Photography

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|Daisuke Takahashi is forcibly kissing with Seiko Hashimoto

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2014 August

|Scoop: Karina's origin of the “free-spirited” love with him who is rumored to be from Taiwan

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|FRIDAY

|2014 April

colspan="5" style="text-align:left; border-right-style:none;" |2016style="text-align:right; border-left-style:none; " |Source:{{Cite web |title=編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞 |url=http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/index_21.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=zasshi-journalismsyo.jp}}
Grand Prize

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|Mary Kitagawa's angry monologue for 5 hours

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2015 January

rowspan="2" |Scoop

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|"Takaya Mutō made me a slave in the legislator's dormitory" Other reports on Takaya Mutō

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2015 September

|The site of the affair of Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Yūko Nakagawa, who kissed her on the night of her resignation as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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|Weekly Shincho

|2015 March

rowspan="2" |Issues

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|"Underwear thief" The qualities of Tsuyoshi Takagi in his promotion to minister - Other reports on Tsuyoshi Takagi

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|Weekly Shincho

|2015 October

|Cohabitation love in full bloom between Norika Fujiwara and Kataoka Ainosuke VI

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|Josei Jishin

|2015 June

rowspan="2" |Writing

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|Ken Takakura's final memoirs

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|Bungeishunjū

|2015 January

Masumi Fukuda

|Monster Mother Maruko Business High School bullying suicide case in Maruko, Nagano

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|Shincho 45

|2015 January - May

Planning

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|An employee makes a death-defying accusation in this magazine, the origin of corrosion, and other reports surrounding Toshiba's series of fraudulent accounting

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|Nikkei Business

|2015 August

Photography

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|These two were really good! "Holding hands with sunglasses, wish!" Keiko Kitagawa and DAIGO hot secret meeting and a stay at a mansion

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|FRIDAY

|2015 January

colspan="5" style="text-align:left; border-right-style:none;" |2017style="text-align:right; border-left-style:none; " |Source:{{Cite web |title=編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞 |url=http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/index_21.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=zasshi-journalismsyo.jp}}
Grand Prize

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|31 year-old Becky's forbidden love: Her partner is a singer who is making his first appearance at Kōhaku Uta Gassen

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2016 January

rowspan="2" |Scoop

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|"I gave a bribe of 12 million yen to Akira Amari's office" real name accusation

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2016 January

|Exclusive scoop! Hiroki Narimiya cocaine sucking suspicion site photo!

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|FRIDAY

|2016 December

rowspan="3" |Issues

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|Commuting to hot spring villas every weekend in Governor of Tokyo Yōichi Masuzoe's official car

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2016 May

|Kensuke Miyazaki, a parliamentarian on maternity leave's "guess affair" photo (article which led to his resignation)

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2016 February

|Unsatisfied with monogamy, affair with five Ototake-kuns

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|Weekly Shincho

|2016 March

rowspan="2" |Writing

|Kenichi Dokoi

|Junichiro Koizumi's monologue

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|Bungeishunjū

|2016 January

Masuo Yokota

|Uniqlo one year infiltration

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2016 December

Photography

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|40-something Yō Yoshida love affair is 7 consecutive nights of eating meat with the strongest idol who is 20 years younger than her!

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|Weekly Post

|2016 April

colspan="5" style="text-align:left; border-right-style:none;" |2018style="text-align:right; border-left-style:none; " |Source:{{Cite web |title=編集者が選ぶ雑誌ジャーナリズム賞 |url=http://zasshi-journalismsyo.jp/index_21.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=zasshi-journalismsyo.jp}}
rowspan="2" |Grand Prize

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|A series of reports about the female representative: The brutality of Mayuko Toyota, a member of the House of Representatives

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|Weekly Shincho

|2017 June

|Princess Mako's "mother-in-law" debt has more than $40,000

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|Weekly Woman

|2017 December

rowspan="3" |Scoop

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|Victim woman accuses! A series of reports on Prime Minister Abe's quasi-rape arrest warrant and former TBS reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi, which was crushed by the Chief of Criminal Affairs Department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

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|Weekly Shincho

|2017 May

|Shocking confession by brother of Takako Uehara's husband who committed suicide "At the end of a fatal affair"

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|Woman Seven

|2017 August

|Shiori Yamao's forbidden love with handsome lawyer

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2017 September

Issues

|Isao Mori

|Pursuing a series of Kake Gakuen scandals

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|Bungeishunjū

|2017 May, July - September

rowspan="2" |Writing

|Taeko Ishii

|Yuriko Koike's research shouldering the work of her father

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|Shincho 45

|2017 January

|One-hit wonder entertainer biographies

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|Shincho 45

|2017 January - December

rowspan="2" |Photography

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|All photos of 11 days of passionate pursuit between Sho Sakurai from Arashi and TV Asahi announcer Ayaka Ogawa

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|Weekly Post

|2017 March

|A series of reports on House of Councillors member Eriko Imai's adultery with Kobe City Council member Ken Hashimoto

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|Weekly Shincho

|2017 August

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Grand Prize

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|Moritomo Gakuen in crisis! Sexual harassment sound source of the worthless Vice Minister of Finance and a series of investigation campaign articles

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|Weekly Shincho

|2018 April

rowspan="2" |Scoop

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|Emperor is trying to destroy Yasukuni. Yasukuni Shrine top imperial criticism ripples

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|Weekly Post

|2018 October

|Obtained documentary evidence! Minister Satsuki Katayama has $10,000 with national tax

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2018 October

rowspan="2" |Issues

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|"Itte Q!" has completed Daisuke Miyagawa's "Festival" project

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2018 November

|Kaori Icho's heartbreaking confession: Insidious power harassment from her former teacher Kazuhito Sakae

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2018 March

rowspan="2" |Writing

|Taeko Ishii

|Yuriko Koike's fake resume

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|Bungeishunjū

|2018 July

Tomohiko Suzuki

|"Infiltration report Toyosu and Yakuza" and a series of articles related to "Fish and Yakuza"

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|Weekly Post

|2018 October

Photography

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|Hitomi Yoshizawa hit-and-run video recorded on drive recorder (an exposé which caused the celeb to retire)

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|FRIDAY

|2018 September

rowspan="2" |Digital Awards

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|Waseda University professor excessive courtship sexual harassment

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|President Online

|2018 June

|Princess Mako and Kei Komuro's engagement event to be postponed until next year

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|News Post Seven

|2018 February

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Grand Prize

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|Hiroyuki Miyasako and other popular entertainers of Yoshimoto Kogyo are reported on a series of "dark business" by criminal groups

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|FRIDAY

|2019 June

rowspan="2" |Scoop

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|Advisor to Prime Minister Abe and a beautiful bureaucrat intimidated Professor Shinya Yamanaka on an affair trip to Kyoto

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2018 December

|Illegal acquisition of Miss Warbler by Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai (an exposé which caused the politician to be imprisoned)

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2019 November

rowspan="3" |Issues

|Eiji Tamura

|Accusing Ryuichi Hirokawa, a world-famous human rights journalist, of sexual violence

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2019 January

Greg Kelly

|3 hours of exclusive confession: Hiroto Nishikawa is not qualified to be the president of Nissan

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|Bungeishunjū

|2019 July

|Confession of Super Free culprit, Shinichiro Wada

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|Weekly Shincho

|2019 February

rowspan="2" |Writing

|Satoru Ishido

|Naoki Hyakuta phenomenon

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|Newsweek Japan edition

|2019 June

Masuo Yokota

|Infiltration report: Amazon desperation warehouse

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|Weekly Post

|2019 August - September

Photography

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|Ministry Isshu Sugawara's voters buyout

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|Weekly Bunshun

|2019 October

rowspan="2" |Digital Awards

|Makoto Okano

|Verification: Yasutaro Matsuki "It's a good ball!" Is it really a good ball?

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|News Post Seven

|2019 February

|Obituary: "Last words" that the cram school teacher "Kinpika-sensei" told only to us "Because there is no meaning even if you are alive"

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|Gendai Business

|2019 September

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Grand Prize

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|Prosecutor Kurokawa from Tokyo High Public Prosecutor's Office is a habitual offender of mahjong gambling on entertainment Scoop shots from the scene

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|Weekly Bunshun

|May 2020

rowspan="2" |Scoop

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|Moritomo suicide - Ministry of Finance official full text of suicide note released "Everything is directed by Director Sagawa"

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|Weekly Bunshun

|March 2020

|"Kei Komuro's mother's ex-fiancé" monologue: "I will tell Princess Mako. I don't need the money ($35,000) anymore"

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|Weekly Gendai

|December 2020

rowspan="3" |Issues

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|Nozomi Sasaki's frenzy: Ken Watabe's "Take out affair"

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|Weekly Bunshun

|June 2020

|Early afternoon "love hotel secret meeting" Daiya Seto "winning meal" dedication betrayal to "beautiful wife"

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|Weekly Shincho

|October 2020

|Anne's divorce crisis, Masahiro Higashide's "Underage adultery" (an exposé which caused the couple to divorce)

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|Weekly Bunshun

|January 2020

Writing

|Tadahira Suzuki

|The most hated director

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|Weekly Bunshun

|August 2020

Photography

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|Ruriko Kojima: The Kingdom Manga artist and Fukuoka "Love for matchmaking"

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|Weekly Post

|August 2020

Digital Awards

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|Do it quickly: Avex chairman Matsuura's "cannabis pickled" trip to Hawaii Released "evidence audio" at a chalk mansion

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|Bunshun Online

|August 2020

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Grand Prize

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|Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's eldest son's illegal entertainment of high-ranking government officials

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|Weekly Bunshun

|February 2021

rowspan="2" |Scoop

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|Sayaka Kanda's 'suicide note' dating actor and feud

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|Weekly Bunshun

|December 2021

|"Naomi Watanabe is Olympig": The person in charge of the Olympics opening ceremony accused of "disrespecting women" (an exposé which caused the concerned person to resign)

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|Weekly Bunshun

|March 2021

rowspan="2" |Issues

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|Taro Aso's closest aide, former minister Jun Matsumoto is absorbed in "Italian Ginza"

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|Weekly Shincho

|February 2021

|"Two women" that Ichikawa Ebizo spent at a hotel in Yonago, Kurashiki

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|Weekly Post

|October 2021

Photography

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|Scoop! Ai Fukuhara left her husband and child in Taiwan and went home and had an affair

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|Woman Seven

|March 2021

rowspan="2" |Writing

|Kei Nakamura

|Laughing God M-1, its naivety and madness

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|Weekly Bunshun

|November 2021

Ippo Nakahara

|Verification: Keigo Oyamada incident

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|Weekly Bunshun e-edition

|October 2021

rowspan="3" |Digital Awards

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|A mother's tearful confession: "My daughter's body was frozen" A 14-year-old girl froze to death in Asahikawa at -17°C.

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|Bunshun Online

|April 2021

|Scoop shot: Mizutamari Bond, Ayanan, Comdot … 31 super popular YouTubers under the declaration of emergency “Self-restraint breaking big party” “Drunken karaoke until 3 a.m.”

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|Bunshun Online

|June 2021

|Anonymous account attacking the opposition party on Twitter ... The identity was a "corporation"

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|FRIDAY Digital

|October 2021

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