【 Winner 】
Lou Xiaobo (Vice President, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Professor, Department of Ocean Policy and Culture)

[ Title of award-winning research ]
“Response of the Seafood Wholesale Market to the Novel Coronavirus Infection and Its Publicity -A Case Study of the Tokyo Central Wholesale Market Toyosu Market-”

[Outline of Awards]
Through interviews with wholesale market officials and the impact of the COVID-XNUMX crisis on the seafood wholesale market, this paper clarifies the nature of the seafood wholesale market system against natural disasters from the perspective of public nature. The paper was evaluated as having high value both academically and socially, and was awarded the Society Journal Award.