Overview
- The 174th Akutagawa and Naoki Prizes were decided Jan. 14 at the Shinkiraku restaurant in Tsukiji, Tokyo, under the Japan Literary Promotion Society.
- The Akutagawa Prize went to Makoto Toriyama, 33, for "時の家" published in Gunzo’s August issue, and to Ushio Hatakeyama, 33, for "叫び" in Shincho’s December issue.
- The Naoki Prize was awarded to Teru Shimazu, 56, for "カフェーの帰り道," published by Tokyo Sogensha.
- A formal ceremony in Tokyo is scheduled for late February, when winners receive a commemorative watch and ¥1,000,000.
- Regional reporting notes Toriyama studied architecture at Kyushu University’s graduate school and lists the winners’ home prefectures as Hyogo, Osaka, and Tokyo.