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.