What is the Onizuka Prop Wash Award?
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Onizuka Prop Wash Award The Onizuka Prop Wash Award recognizes the student at the United States Air Force Test Pilot School (USAF TPS) who contributed most to class spirit and morale. The honoree from each class is selected by his or her fellow students rather than by school faculty. The award is named in memory of TPS graduate Ellison Onizuka who perished in the explosion of the Space Shuttle "Challenger" in 1986.
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Ellison Onizuka Ellison Shoji Onizuka (June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986 ) was an American astronaut from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle "Discovery" on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle "Challenger", on which he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. He was the first Asian American and the first person of Japanese ancestry to reach space.
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Washi Washi (和紙 ) is a style of paper that was first made in Japan. "Washi" is commonly made using fibers from the bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub ("Edgeworthia chrysantha"), or the paper mulberry ("kōzo"), but also can be made using bamboo, hemp, rice, and wheat. The word "washi" comes from "wa" 'Japanese' and "shi" 'paper', and the term is used to describe paper made by hand in the traditional manner. As a Japanese craft it registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.
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Gaiman Award The Gaiman Award (Japanese: ガイマン賞 , Hepburn: Gaiman-shō ) is a Japanese award given since 2011 to comic books created outside Japan and translated to Japanese. The word "gaiman" is a shortening of "gaikoku no manga" (foreign manga), encompassing styles like American comics, French bande dessinée and Korean manhwa. The award is sponsored by Kyoto International Manga Museum, Kitakyushu Manga Museum and Meiji University's Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subculture and was created to raise awareness of non-Japanese comics in Japan.
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Japan Record Award for Best New Artist The Japan Record Award for Best New Artist (最優秀新人賞 ) is awarded annually. Until the 10th Japan Record Awards it was called New Artist Award, since 11th — Best New Artist Award. At present all nominees for the Best New Artist Award are awarded the New Artist Award.
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Yomiuri Prize The Yomiuri Prize for Literature (読売文学賞 , Yomiuri Bungaku Shō ) is a literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1949 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "strong cultural nation". The winner is awarded two million Japanese yen and an inkstone.
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Ōfuji Noburō Award The Ōfuji Noburō Award (大藤信郎賞 , Ōfuji Noburō shō ) is an animation award given at the Mainichi Film Awards. It is named after Japanese animator Noburō Ōfuji.
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ARY Film Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling The ARY Film Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is an ARY Film Award that is awarded each year to the best Makeup artist. It is one of eleven Technical Awarding category.
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Misogi Misogi (禊 ) is a Japanese Shinto practice of ritual purification by washing the entire body. Misogi is related to another Shinto purification ritual called "Harae" – thus both being collectively referred to as Misogiharae (禊祓 ) .
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27th Japan Academy Prize The 27th Japan Academy Prize (第27回日本アカデミー賞 ) is the 27th edition of the Japan Academy Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It awarded the best films of 2003 and it took place on February 20, 2004 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.
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Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film The Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film (日本映画優秀賞 ) is an award given at the Mainichi Film Awards.
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International Manga Award International Manga Award (国際漫画賞 , Kokusai manga shou ) is an annual award established to encourage non-Japanese manga artists in 2007. This award was created by Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Asō, who proposed this award in a policy speech he gave in Tokyo's Akihabara district in 2006. The Award is often considered the most prestigious prize for non-Japanese manga artists.
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Medal of Honor of ARKBK The Medal of Honor of the Association of the Representatives of Bunyoro-Kitara ("ARKBK") is the highest award of the organization, and can only be awarded by the President of the ARKBK. It is bestowed upon members of the ARKBK or to individuals who have distinguished themselves with ""extraordinary merits, outstanding achievements and very special contributions to the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara and the ARKBK"".
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Dengeki Novel Prize The Dengeki Novel Prize (電撃小説大賞 , Dengeki Shōsetsu Taishō ) is a literary award handed out annually (since 1994) by the Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) for their Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint. The contest has discovered many popular and successful light novelists, like Kouhei Kadono and Yashichiro Takahashi. Originally called the Dengeki Game Novel Prize, the name was changed in 2003. The main Dengeki Novel Prize awards consist of the Grand Prize (¥3 million), Gold Prize (¥1 million) and Silver Prize (¥500,000). In addition to the money received, the winning novelists get their work published under Dengeki Bunko with the addition of an artist for the illustrated aspects of the light novels. However, if an entry is awarded the Media Works Bunko Prize, the winning novel will be published under ASCII Media Works' Media Works Bunko imprint, along with the author winning ¥1 million. Often, the name of the novel series is changed from what it was originally titled when it won the prize. There are over 5,000 submissions annually since 2011, and it is considered the largest prize for light novels.
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Tropical Storm Hato The name Washi has been used to name two tropical cyclone in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was submitted by Japan and defines the constellation of Aquila.
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IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award The IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award recognizes non-profit institutions or groups that help promote reading among children. The biennial event marked its 23rd occasion in 2016. The Award consists of a diploma and a sum of US$10.000, which will be given to each winner to encourage its activities in the future.
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Defensive meritorious badge Defensive meritorious badge (Japanese: 防衛功労章) is the decorative insignia for the Members of Japan Self-Defense Forces. The Officials who have been won Special Encomium, 1st Encomium, 2nd Encomium, or 3rd Encomium are given as the supplementary prize.
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Honkaku Mystery Award The Honkaku Mystery Awards (本格ミステリ大賞 , Honkaku Misuteri Taishō ) are presented every year by the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. They honor the best in honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery fiction and critical works published in the previous year.
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Japanese Movie Critics Awards The Japanese Movie Critics Awards (日本映画批評家大賞 , Nihon Eiga Hihyōka Taishō ) are presented annually since 1991.
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Mainichi Design Prize The Mainichi Design Prize (毎日デザイン賞 , Mainichi Dezain Shō ) , originally the "New Japan Design Competition", is an annual award given to outstanding Japanese designers. The award, founded in 1952, is sponsored by Japanese newspaper "Mainichi Shimbun". It is considered Japan's most prestigious award for design.
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Bungeishunjū Manga Award The Bungeishunjū Manga Award (文藝春秋漫画賞 , Bungeishunjū Manga Shō ) was an annual award established in 1955 and given out by Bungeishunjū in Japan for gag, yonkoma, one-panel, and satirical manga. The award was also given out for works considered the magnum opus of manga creators.
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Best Nine Award The Best Nine Award is awarded annually to the best player at each position in both the Central League and Pacific League of Japanese professional baseball as determined by a pool of journalists.