March 5, 2010

NISSAN ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 26TH NISSAN CHILDREN'S
STORYBOOK AND PICTURE BOOK GRAND PRIX
- 18th Nissan Joyful Storybook and Picture Book Exhibition to
be held in conjunction at the National Children's Castle -

YOKOHAMA (March 5, 2010) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced 38 winning stories including the Grand Prix award for the "26th Nissan Children's Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix" organized by the International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka, as part of Nissan's corporate citizenship activities. In conjunction with the Grand Prix, the "18th Nissan Joyful Storybook and Picture Book Exhibition" will be held from Saturday, March 20th through Monday, April 5th at the Atrium Gallery of the National Children's Castle (Jingumae, Shibuya ward, Tokyo), in collaboration with Foundation for Child Well-being.

The 26th Nissan Children's Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix attracted 2,666 entries from amateur authors and illustrators between July to October 2009, comprising 2,224 children's storybooks and 442 picture books. The Storybook Grand Prize was awarded to "Tonno no Himitsu no Purezento" by Ms. Kingyo Tanaka of Tokyo. The Picture Book Grand Prize was awarded to "Ondeko no Sora" by Mr. Masaru Miyazaki and Ms. Toshie Miyazaki, also from Tokyo. Winners of the Grand Prize and Special Prizes will receive prizes in cash, exclusive goods as well as Nissan original goods while the winners of the Excellent Prizes will be awarded exclusive goods.

The two Grand Prize stories, "Tonno no Himitsu no Purezento" and "Ondeko no Sora", will be published and made available in bookstores after December 2010, and also be donated to public libraries across the country. Further, Nissan will distribute leaflets introducing the eight Grand Prix and Special Prize works at the Nissan Galleries throughout Japan. The awards ceremony will be held at the company headquarters in Yokohama on Sunday, March 7.

Children's Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix
The "Nissan Children's Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix" commemorates the May 1984 opening of the International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka, which is Japan's first comprehensive center for international children's literature. Through the publication of the Grand Prize winners, the contest aims to provide children with inspiring and imaginative storybooks and picture books. The publications are donated through Nissan offices to approximately 3,300 libraries and 700 kindergartens and nursery schools across Japan. More than 168,000 books have now been donated since the start of this Grand Prix.

Website: http://www.nissan-global.com/JP/CITIZENSHIP/FAIRYTALE/
(Japanese only)

26th Children's Storybook Grand Prize: "Tonno no Himitsu no Purezento", Picture Book Grand Prize: "Ondeko no Sora"
"Tonno no Himitsu no Purezento", winner of the Storybook Grand Prize, is a story about a piglet called Tonno which encounters numerous adventures while venturing into the forest to find a present hidden for its mother. The Picture Book Grand Prize winner "Ondeko no Sora" features delightfully chromatic and vibrant colors. Additionally, three storybooks and three picture books were awarded Special Prizes while 20 storybooks and 10 picture books received Excellent Prizes.

The list of winners is as follows.

●Storybook

Prize	Title	Author	Resident	Profession
Grand Prize	Tonno no Himitsu no Purezento	Kingyo Tanaka	Setagaya, Tokyo	Housewife
Special Prize	Hana Ippaino Tanjoubi	Fumi Kuroda	Sakai, Osaka	Housewife
	Aoi Seta	Maya Ono	Osaka, Osaka	Housewife
	Tsukemonoishi no Satogaeri	Miho Mukaimoto	Kure, Hiroshima	Housewife
Excellent Prize	Tanemo Shikakemo Arimasen	Tomoe Manabe	Shikokuchuo, Ehime	Company employee
	Yoshiko no Yuurei	Mikoto Shirakawa	Nagoya, Aichi	Housewife
	Hajikko	Hideko Gotou	Toshima, Tokyo	Housewife
	Kugatsu no Mamemaki	Tadashi Tagami	Shimotsuga, Tochigi	Vocational school teacher
	Ishi no Tamago	Kazuki Sugita	Higashioumi, Shiga	Company employee
	Garagara wo Noseta Jitensha	Yuu Umio	Chigasaki, Kanagawa	None
	Hebi no Mae de Aimashou	Izumi Yamamoto	Gifu, Gifu	Unemployed
	Akinai Hanashi	Atsuko Kitamura	Fuchu, Tokyo	Company employee
	Tobikomu	Shigeru Osaka	Kobe, Hyogo	Company employee
	Komorebi Meganeten ni Irasshai	Yoko, Sato	Tokorozawa, Saitama	Housewife
	Tegami!	Mizuho Koumaru	Moriyama, Shiga	Housewife
	Kowagariyano Yuurei	Maki Okazaki	Koutou, Tokyo	Company employee
	Fudangisan to Yosoyukisan	Hiroko Toshimitsu	Oita, Oita	Part time worker
	Nemuke... No Himitsu	Mitsue Kasahara	Niigata, Niigata	Housewife
	Boku no Kaeru	Yoshie Suzuki	Sabae, Fukui	Teacher
	Taro-chan to	Masumi Arai	Inba, Chiba	Domestic helper
	Usagi no Kusuri	Shigeru Kanda	Hino, Tokyo	Company employee
	Sougen no Kagayaki	Kyouya Okazaki	Yokohama, Kanagawa	Unemployed
	Sakurasourizumu	Mayu Fujimoto	Suita, Osaka	Domestic helper
	Potoreito	Masumi, Hamamoto	Kounosu, Saitama	Government worker

●Picture book

Prize	Title	Author	Resident	Profession
Grand Prize	Ondeko no Sora	Masaru / Toshie Miyazaki	Toshima, Tokyo	Drawing teacher, housewife
Special Prize	Pinku no Zou	Kanako Okuno	Higashiosaka, Osaka	Painter
	Hiro-i Nohara no Ohanashi	Tomoko Sugou	Suginami, Tokyo	Part time worker
	Sunou Doroppu	Natsumi Ozawa / Hisashi Kuno	Matsumoto, Nagano	Painter, self employed
Excellent Prize	Suteki na Ouchi	Eiji Nishitani	Takatsuki, Osaka	None
	Madokara - Hana -	Akemi Miyazaki	Kita, Tokyo	System engineer
	Ookami ha Fukurettsura	Madoka Senda	Kyoto, Kyoto	Secretary
	Donguribouya	Chieko Nohara	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Unemployed
	Yasasiimahou	Yutaka Kobayashi	Nagano, Nagano	Company employee
	Oishiimizu	Ayako Tamatsukuri	Naka, Kanagawa	Unemployed
	Zanburikishanoyu	OZCO.	Bunkyo, Tokyo	Teacher
	Mimi wo Sumaseba	Chitose Miyajima	Toyooka, Hyogo	Housewife
	Minamidaitojimasousakuminwa Guso no Tobira	Tadashi Nagayama	Naha, Okinawa	Graphic designer
	Boku, Tabinidechauyo	Chikako, Teshirogi	Edogawa, Tokyo	Glass sculptor

The "18th Nissan Joyful Storybook and Picture Book Exhibition" will feature a series of panels from "Taifuu ga Kuru" (written and illustrated by Akiko Miyakoshi), last year's 25th Picture Book Grand Prize winner and will feature workshops, where children will be able to create their own works using materials from car interiors, aiming to cultivate curiosity and creativity. There will also be a reading corner where selected books can be found.

The Nissan Joyful Storybook and Picture Book Exhibition
The "Nissan Joyful Storybook and Picture Book Exhibition" has been held jointly by Nissan and the Foundation for Child Well-being since 1992. It is part of Nissan's continuing "Support for Education" initiative, one of the main areas of Nissan's social contribution activities. The event, now in its 18th year, aims to provide an opportunity for children to exercise their imagination through their experiences with picture books and storybooks.

Website: http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/CITIZENSHIP/EXHIBITION/index.html

18th Nissan Joyful Storybook and Picture Book Exhibition: "Peji wo Mekuru, Kurukuru, Haru"

1. Dates:	Saturday, March 20 - Monday, April 5, 2010
2. Venue:	Atrium Gallery, National Children's Castle (5-53-1, Jungumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Tel: 03-3797-5666)
3. Hours:	10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Last entry at 5:00 p.m.)
4. Entrance Fee:	For National Children's Castle: 500 yen for adults/ 400 yen for children (ages 3 to 17)
5. Organizers:	Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. The National Children's Castle (Foundation for Child Well-being)
6. Supporters:	International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka Waseda University Hirayama Ikuo Memorial Volunteer Center Akiko Miyakoshi (author of picture books for children)

Nissan is deploying various activities under the banner of Blue Citizenship, which encapsulates our desire to preserve the blue Earth and to be a corporate citizen in harmonious coexistence with people and society. Those activities range from such global issues as the environment to contributing to communities, promoting diversity and making personal mobility available to as many people as possible. The "Nissan Children's Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix" , which supports education, is yet another activity in line with this principle of corporate citizenship.

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