Awards/Presentation Ceremony

FY2018: 30th SGH Cancer Research Grants, 16th SGH Special Awards, SGH Special Nursing Awards Ceremony

Date	Saturday, December 1, 2018
Location	KOKIN Banquet Room, 3F, Hotel Granvia Kyoto

The 30th SGH Cancer Research Grants Presentation Ceremony, and the 16th SGH Special Award, SGH Special Nursing Award Ceremony were held in Kyoto on Saturday, December 1, 2018.
This fiscal year, following careful screening by the judges, 15 recipients were chosen from among 198 applicants, including universities, research institutions, and medical institutions from across Japan, for SGH Cancer Research Grants (1 million yen/grant, for a total of 15 million yen) .

In addition, as SGH Special Awards 5 million yen and the Kuriwada Eiichi a prize (a bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “希望” [“Kibou”]) and the SGH Special Nursing Award of 1 million yen and the Kuriwada Eiichi prize (a bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “悠” [“Yuu”]) were presented to winners who have made marked contributions to the progress of cancer research and nursing and were expected to continue to contribute in the future.

we held commemorative lectures by the 15th (previous year) SGH Special Award winners and SGH Nursing Special Award winners.

Message from the Chair

Eiichi Kuriwada

Chairperson and CEO of SG Holdings Co., Ltd.
Chairperson of Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.

30th SGH Cancer Research Grants Presentation Ceremony

30th SGH Cancer Research Grant (in Japanese order)

Mr. Masaki Igarashi
Mr. Seiichiro Ishihara
Mr. Takatsugu Ishimoto
Mr. Takeo Kosaka
Mr. Junji Koya
Mr. Shunsuke Kon
Mr. Tomohito Saito
Mr. Yoichi Shimizu
Mr. Kensuke Tateishi
Mr. Hirotake Tsukamoto (Awai)
Mr. Naomichi Naito
Mr. Hirohumi Nakaoka
Mr. Hayato Nakagawa
Mr. Yosuke Funato
Ms. Akane Minagawa

16th SGH Special Award/SGH Special Nursing Award Ceremony

Kuriwada Eiichi prize”希望” (“Kibou”)
Bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “希望” (“Kibou”), presented to the winner of the SGH Special Award as the Kuriwada Eiichi Prize

16th SGH Special Award Winners (in Japanese order)

Mr. Masatoshi Kudo

Mr. Masahiko Nishiyama

Kuriwada Eiichi prize”悠” (“Yuu”)
Bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “悠” (“Yuu”), presented to the winner of the SGH Special Nursing Award as the Kuriwada Eiichi Prize.