Japan Agricultural Award recognizes farmers and organizations that have made outstanding achievements in agricultural management. The 53rd Japan Agricultural Award is sponsored by JA Zenchu (National Agricultural Cooperative Federation) and NHK.
This time, the grand prize winners in the "individual management" category were: Masafumi Shiratori of Kawaguchi Green Center in Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, Akira Sudo and his wife Junko of Maebashi City, and Kamakura in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.