The award ceremony for the ABU Award, which is presented to excellent broadcast works by the ABU = Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, which is a member of the Asia Pacific region, was held in New Delhi, the capital of India, on the 29th. The NHK Special, which depicts a year of people and creatures set in the Chuetsu region of Niigata Prefecture, won the Grand Prize.
This year's ABU Awards received 313 submissions from ABU member broadcasters in 15 categories, including television, radio, and digital media, and the award ceremony was held in New Delhi on the 29th. .
Of these, in the TV documentary category, the first NHK special "Shin-Eizo-Satoyama", which depicts a rich world born in harsh nature, won the highest award for "Niigata's terraced rice fields, heavy snowfall and living". Did.
Set in the Chuetsu region of Niigata Prefecture, which has long been plagued by heavy snow and frequent landslides. It was a program that followed the year of the beautiful satoyama that gave birth to this year, and was broadcast for the first time on March 5th.
At the award ceremony, Ms. Junko Tanaka, Director of NHK International Broadcasting, accepted the award on behalf of the winner.