Winners of the 4th JOIFA Office Award Decided

The Japan Office Furniture Association (JOIFA), headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, with Masayuki Nakamura as its Chairman, is engaged in activities to propose and promote ideal ways of working and suitable offices for the future. As part of these efforts, the JOIFA Office Award was established in 2022. This award aims to contribute to societal development by recognizing and widely introducing excellent cases that continuously improve offices and contribute to management.

For the 4th award, 21 companies entered. After a preliminary document screening and a secondary virtual tour screening, four Excellence Awards and two Special Awards were selected. Presentations by each company were held at the awards ceremony on June 2nd at "Orgatec Tokyo" in Tokyo Big Sight. From the four Excellence Award winners, the Grand Prize was awarded to the head office of Matsukawa Lepiyan Co., Ltd.

Awards Ceremony (with award recipients and judges)

The award recipients for each prize are as follows:

<Grand Prize>

Matsukawa Lepiyan Co., Ltd. (Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture)

Head Office of Matsukawa Lepiyan Co., Ltd.

<Excellence Award>

Lilacala Co., Ltd. (Minato-ku, Tokyo)

Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture / Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture)

Menicon Co., Ltd. (Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture)

<Special Award>

Pencil Inc. (Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture)

Edwards Lifesciences Godo Kaisha (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)

For details on each award-winning company, please visit the "4th Award Winners" page on the JOIFA website.

https://www.joifa.or.jp/award/prize/2025.html

Details regarding application guidelines and other information for the 5th award can be found on the JOIFA website.

https://www.joifa.or.jp/award/

About the JOIFA Office Award Judges (Titles omitted)

<Chief Judge>

Hiroaki Jinushi, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of the Arts

<Judges> (In Japanese alphabetical order)

Dai Seno, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Kenichi Toyota, Director, General Affairs Strategy Research Institute, Monthly General Affairs Inc.

Yuri Naruse, Representative Director, Naruse-Inokuma Architects

Tamie Hirokawa, Designer, SOMA DESIGN

Ryuichi Minoura, Research Director, Research Group for Work Style Reform in the Public Sector

Takako Wakatsuki, Representative Director and President, Krispy Kreme Doughnut Japan Co., Ltd.

●Organization Overview

Company Name: Japan Office Furniture Association

Representative: Masayuki Nakamura, Chairman

Location: 1-12-11 Nihonbashi Ningyocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0013

Established: 1990

Business Activities: Research and development, promotion, and enlightenment regarding office furniture, various facility furniture, and related areas.

URL: https://www.joifa.or.jp/

●Contact for Inquiries Regarding This Matter

Japan Office Furniture Association

Tel: 03-3668-5588

Mail: [email protected]