THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 24, 2020 at 19:00 JST
Winner Yoshinobu Sakauchi, second from left, stands beside Asahi Shuzo Chairman Hiroshi Sakurai, third from left, in Tokyo on Jan. 23. Third-place recipient Katsumi Shirai, second from right, is also from Tochigi Prefecture. (Hiroki Ito)
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