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The 67th National Catalog Exhibition: Seeking Entries

The Sankei Shimbun and the Japan Printing Industry Association are excited to announce the 67th National Catalog Exhibition, a prestigious event aiming to highlight the artistic excellence of catalogs. This year's exhibition is set to encourage participation from various designers and creative professionals, emphasizing the significance of catalogs in promoting products and services across sectors.

Importance of Catalogs

Catalogs have become an essential medium for promoting products, services, and events, evolving along with technology. The use of catalogs is more than just a promotional tool; it is a canvas where creativity and technology intertwine. The efforts put into crafting these pieces often go unnoticed, making this exhibition a vital platform to recognize and celebrate such innovations.

Previous Success

In the last exhibition, titled the 66th National Catalog Exhibition, the Grand Prize for Catalogs went to the remarkable piece titled "Haniwa and Dogu in Modern Times", which exemplified the level of creativity and workmanship that the exhibition seeks to honor.

Submission Guidelines

Entries are now being accepted for the upcoming exhibition. To qualify, the works must have been ordered or printed by a Japanese printing company between October 25, 2024, and October 24, 2025. Note that any piece previously submitted to this competition will not be eligible for re-entry.

Categories for Submission

Participants can submit their work across several categories:

• - Catalog Section:

- General Products: Consumer goods, travel guides, and non-catalog gift items.
- High-End Products: Durable consumer goods such as automobiles, cameras, watches, jewelry, and real estate.
- Product Listings: Materials for various industries, housing equipment, components, and office supplies.
- Online Catalogs: Catalogs specifically designed for online sales purposes.
- Various Guides: Company brochures, school guides, facility guides, and historical documents.
- Press and Free Papers: PR publications, newsletters, town magazines, and real estate pamphlets.
- Reports: CSR reports, environmental studies, and integrated reports.

Submission Fees

The entry fee is set at 10,500 yen (tax excluded) per submission. For series submissions (e.g., five books), the total will amount to 52,500 yen (tax excluded).

Important Dates

• - Deadline for Submission: October 24, 2025, with all entries required to arrive at the designated address by this date.
• - Exhibition Dates:

- Tokyo Exhibition: January 26 to January 30, 2026, at the Brick Gallery, Tokyo Sankei Building.
- Osaka Exhibition: February 17 to February 26, 2026, at Heiwa Paper Paper Voice Osaka.

Award Ceremony: Winners will be recognized in late January 2026; only entries that have received awards will be displayed at the exhibitions.

Additional Information

The exhibition is organized by the Japan Printing Industry Association and Sankei Shimbun, with support from various governmental and professional organizations.
For more details on submission guidelines and application procedures, please visit the Japanese Printing Industry Association's official website at JFPI.
For inquiries, please reach out to the exhibition office via email at [email protected] or call 03-5443-7630.