Professor Toshio Tsubota awarded the Hokkaido Shimbun Press Cultural Award

Professor Tsubota showing the award certificate (Photo by Yuka Saito)

Hokkaido Shimbun Press, the publisher of the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, presents the Hokkaido Shimbun Press Cultural Award to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the development of Hokkaido. The awards are given annually in three fields: society, academia, and economy.

In the 78^th annual Hokkaido Shimbun Press Cultural Award, Professor Toshio Tsubota (Director of the Hokkaido University Museum and Professor at the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine) was named as the recipient of the annual Hokkaido Shimbun Press Cultural Award in the Academic Field. Professor Tsubota’s research has focused on the themes of “brown bear reproduction, physiology and ecology,” which are closely linked to the issue of human-bear coexistence—an especially pressing concern in Hokkaido. The award ceremony took place on November 26, 2024.

Professor Tsubota (left) receiving the award certificate from Hiroo Miyaguchi, the director of Hokkaido Shimbun Press

Professor Tsubota’s comments:

“I am very honored to receive this prestigious award.  I believe that I am where I am today because I joined the Hokkaido University Brown Bear Research Group (Kumaken) 45 years ago and because of the charming qualities of bears.”

Professor Tsubota (second from right) in the award ceremony of the 78^th annual Hokkaido Shimbun Press Cultural Award. (Photo provided by Toshio Tsubota)

Professor Tsubota was featured in Hokkaido University’s magazine Litterae Populi Autumn 2024. Read the magazine here:

https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/english-version-of-litterae-populi-autumn-2024-is-published/

An article from Hokkaido Shimbun introducing the recipients of the prizes (in Japanese):

https://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/article/1080346/