Dr. Tokujiro Yoshida and his hammer	Yoshida Award was founded to honor the outstanding professional achievements and contributions of Dr. Tokujiro Yoshida to the establishment of concrete technology in Japan. Dr. Tokujiro Yoshida Commemorative Foundation was established by about 300 friends, colleagues, and students of Dr. Yoshida under the leadership of Dr. Masatane Kokubu (Professor, The University of Tokyo) in 1960, and raised over 20 million Japanese yen in thousands individuals, groups and family gifts. This award is generally supported by the Foundation The Yoshida Award is conferred on those who have made remarkable accomplishments and outstanding contributions to the advancement of concrete engineering, either in research, planning, design, construction, these accomplishments and contributions being made in the form of a paper and other written presentations or through practice. In addition, Yoshida Award has a research grant for young civil engineers to encourage them to develop their creative and innovative thinking skills and to pursue research interests in concrete engineering.
The award is made in two categories: Outstanding Research Achievement: the award is made to recognize outstanding achievements and contributions to the advancement of concrete engineering in research. Best Research Paper: the award is made to recognize the author, or authors of a paper: or research report, published in a JSCE journal/ magazine which contains the most valuable contribution to the development of concrete engineering.
For Research   Accomplishment Comprehensive Study on Structural Applications and Development of Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites Abstract.. Keitetsu ROKUGO Professor Dept. of Civil Engineering, Gifu University Study on evaluation and control for corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete Abstract.. Toyoaki MIYAGAWA Emeritus Professor Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University	For Research Paper Method for Calculating the Design Shear Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Beams to Ensure Continuity to the Shear-Span-to-Effective-Depth Ratio [Journal of JSCE, Division E2: Materials and Concrete Structures, Vol.69,No.4,462-477(2013)] Abstract.. Yuki NAKATA Railway Technical Research Institute Ken WATANABE Railway Technical Research Institute Tadatomo WATANABE Hokubu Consultant Co.,Ltd. Yukihiro TANIMURA Railway Technical Research Institute	For Research   Encouragement Evaluation of mass transport properties in cementitious materials based on continuity of pore structure Kenji SASAKI Nagasaki University Investigation of time-dependent deformation of CPC members with cracks generated at early age under tensile stress Satoshi KOMATSU Yokohama National University Validation of a numerical repair effect analysis for cathodic protection with consideration for cathodic polarization resistance of rebars evaluated by an on-site test method which is applicable to existing reinforced concrete structure Hiroshi MINAGAWA Tohoku University