The Board of Directors of “Niigata International Food Award Foundation “selected the 5th winners of the prize.

○Grand Prix: Dr. Soichi Arai

Guest Professor, General Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture,
Adviser, Group for Food Functionality Assessment, Kanagawa Institute of Industrial / Japan

○Grand Prix: Dr. Jeyakumar Henry

Director, Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, Singapore Institute for Clinical Science
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
/ United Kingdom

○ Sano Tozaburo Special Prize: Mr. Yoshihiro Murata

Chairman, Japanese Culinary Academy
President, KIKUNOI CO.,LTD.
Chairman, ALL JAPAN FOOD ASSOCIATION
/ Japan

○ 21st Century hope Prize: Dr. Kotaro Maeno

Researcher, Crop, Livestock and Environment Division,
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences(JIRCAS) / Japan