The ceremony for the 55th Kan Kikuchi Prize was held on December 7. The winners this year were author Hiroyuki Agawa, kabuki actor Danjuro Ichikawa XII, rakugo artist Sanshi Katsura, actor Shoichi Ozawa, bookstore Matsuno Shoten, and a project by Kodansha called Zenkoku Homon Ohanashi-tai, which travels across the country providing book readings and other reading opportunities for children.