At the 2020 "20th Ishibashi Tanzan Memorial Waseda Journalism Awards", 147 "Grand Prizes" and 3 "Encouragement Awards" were selected from the 3 works submitted and recommended during the reception period.
Two works in the "Public Service Category" and one work in the "Grassroots Democracy Category" won the grand prize. The first grand prize in the "Public Service Category" is the Nishinippon Shimbun's [Campaign coverage of the issue of illegal sales of Japan Post Insurance].Based on whistleblowers, the Japanese post office, which many people trust, was deceiving elderly people by fraudulent methods such as double payment of insurance premiums and cancellation of paid insurance. , An article in the Nishinippon Shimbun revealed.If left unattended, the damage may have spread further, and the significance of the press was evaluated as great.
The second is the Mainichi Shimbun news site, Mainichi Shimbun Publishing ["Sakura wo Miru Kai" pursuit report and "Dirty Sakura" Sakura wo Miru Kai "published on the 49th when suspicion was approached"].Approximately one year after the opposition lawmaker's question in the Diet, the Mainichi Shimbun Integrated Digital Coverage Center "Sakura wo Miru Kai Coverage Group" has made a significant contribution to admitting the violation of the Political Funds Control Act by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's public secretary.We are constantly striving to make public opinion a "Public Opinion" by involving civil society, such as utilizing social media that seems to be reported online and making articles for the publication event of the book "Dirty Cherry Blossoms", and we have published 1 articles. Continued accusations.It was rated as worthy of the Grand Prize in the Public Service category as an example of the power of continuous coverage.
The grand prize in the "Grassroots Democracy Category" is Chie Mikami's book "Testimony Okinawa Spy War History (Shueisha New Book)".The testimony of 21 former boy guerrilla soldiers assigned to a secret warfare unit called Gokyotai, the real image of the two captains of the Army Nakano School graduate who led the Gokyotai, and the secret notification made him a spy. In addition to the slaughter of the inhabitants, portraits and testimonies of the people involved in it, and documents related to the secret warfare found on the main island of Okinawa, 2 people from Nakano School were introduced to clarify the idea of domestic guerrilla warfare in Okinawa.It is a valuable post-war historical record that the perpetrators and victims have accumulated for more than 42 years, and was evaluated as an excellent non-fiction that sounds a warning to the present Japan.
Waseda University has sent many excellent human resources to the world of journalism since its foundation.Inheriting the traditions of our predecessors, creating a free speech environment at a major turning point in this era, and producing human resources who raise high ideals and develop fair debates in the field of speech, "Tanzan Ishibashi" Established "Commemorative Waseda Journalism Award".The name of the award bears the name of journalist, economist, politician, and Tanzan Ishibashi, who was the first prime minister from Waseda University.
