{"id":13440,"date":"2026-06-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oyako.org\/uncategorized\/2026\/06\/%e3%80%8c%e8%a6%aa%e5%ad%90%e5%a4%a7%e8%b3%9e%e3%80%8d%e6%8a%95%e7%a5%a8%e3%82%b9%e3%82%bf%e3%83%bc%e3%83%88%e3%81%ae%e3%81%8a%e7%9f%a5%e3%82%89%e3%81%9b\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:04:36","slug":"voting-for-oyako-award-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oyako.org\/en\/news-en\/2026\/06\/voting-for-oyako-award-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting for the Oyako Award Has Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voting for the&nbsp;<strong>Oyako Award<\/strong>&nbsp;begins on&nbsp;<strong>June 1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>Oyako Award<\/strong>&nbsp;was established in 2007 as a way to encourage people to reflect on the meaning of&nbsp;<strong>oyako<\/strong>\u2014the bond between parent and child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years, recipients have included parent-child pairs from a wide range of fields, such as&nbsp;<strong>Kinya Sekine and Mari Sekine<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Ryoko Moriyama and Naotaro Moriyama<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Rentaro Mikuni and Koichi Sato<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Tokiko Kato and Yae<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Tetsuya Chiba and Kozo Chiba<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recipients of the&nbsp;<strong>Oyako Award 2025<\/strong>&nbsp;were photographer&nbsp;<strong>Kazutetsu Morishita<\/strong>, who has spent many years documenting atomic bomb survivors, and his daughter&nbsp;<strong>Miho Morishita<\/strong>, who continues his work and legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We invite you to cast your vote for the parent-child pair whose story, achievements, or way of life inspires you most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vote for the Oyako Award<\/strong>!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/oyako.org\/en\/award\/\">Oyako Award Voting Page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting for the Oyako Award has begun. 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