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- 2025.06.01
- [Call for Entries] Digital Ehon Award
Call for Entries for the Digital Ehon Awards is Now Open.
This award has attracted entries from 34 countries around the world and has produced numerous award-winning works. This year, we are once again inviting submissions of works that spark children’s imagination and creativity.
The submission period runs from Thursday, May 29, 2025, to Friday, August 29, 2025.
[Judges] *Titles omitted
: Koji Ishikawa, picture
book author; Yuichi Kimura, picture book author
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Komori, comedian; Yoshihiro Mune
, Professor, Department of Art and Design Expression, Media Expression Division, Joshibi University of Art and Design; Taro Yabe, Designer / Creative Director
, Whatever Co.(Karateka) Comedian/Manga
Artist Nanako Ishido Chair of the International Digital Ehon Fair Executive Committee / Professor, Keio University
★Press Release
https://canvas.ws/pdf/press/2025pressrelease.pdf
★Digital Ehon Award Official Website
http://www.digitalehonaward.net/
Profile
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Digital Picture Book Author Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
Director, B Lab
Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
Chairperson, CANVASAfter graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”
