「テロ等準備罪」反対声明文
　世界は極めて不穏な状況にあり、日本も戦後70年を過ぎた今、戦前を想起させるような右傾化の道を辿っていることを、私たちは深く憂慮しています。国会では3度も廃案になった「共謀罪」を政府与党が「テロ等準備罪」と名称を変えて再びその成立を目指しています。
　この法案は、表向きはテロを未然に防ぐという名目で生み出されたものですが、その適用範囲は曖昧で、時の政権による恣意的運用を可能にしています。犯罪を目的としない思想、想像、表現にまで大きく網をかけ、捜査対象にされてしまう可能性があります。このまま法案が成立すれば、人々は委縮し、自主規制社会と、それに引き続く監視社会が到来することになるでしょう。それは日本国憲法で保障された集会の自由、結社の自由、そして私たちにとって最も切実な、言論表現の自由が侵されることに他なりません。
このような法律の制定は決して容認できるものではありません｡
　ミュージック・ペンクラブ・ジャパンは「テロ等準備罪」の名を借りた実質的な「共謀罪」の成立に強く抗議し、ここに反対の意を表明します。

一般社団法人 ミュージック・ペンクラブ・ジャパン会長　鈴木道子

THE MUSIC PEN CLUB JAPAN
The Music Pen Club Japan was founded in 1966 as an authorized personal rights protection organization under the initial name "The Music Writers Council". Consisting of forty leading music critics in Japan we have written about various music genres, such as classical music and popular music as well as other music-related fields including audio equipment. Not only do we fight to protect our copyrights and payments for manuscripts, we also seek to foster ever growing positive developments within Japan's music culture.

In 1994 the name was changed from "The Music Writers Council" to "The Music Pen Club Japan", deliberately using the word "Pen" in our name as it is commonly the writer's most important tool. This name change symbolically expresses the organizational assembly of writers in all music-related fields.

In 2014 The Music Pen Club Japan emerged as a general incorporated association, which is now officially an organization responsible for Japanese music culture. This has allowed us to expand our activities on a more public and international level.

In recent years we have organized several music seminars, concerts and other cultural events. Additionally, we hold our annual Music Pen Club Awards. Currently, we have 170 members from various fields including music critics, audio equipment critics, musicologists, music writers, composers, musicians, producers, translators and editors.　Awards winners are nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the club.

 

The winners of the 28^th Music Pen Club Awards in 2015 are as follows.

 

Classic

Solo Performance: Michie Koyama (piano)

Chamber Music/ Chorus: Anthonello (early music ensemble)

Opera/ Orchestra: Sapporo Symphony Orchestra

Contemporary Music: Suntory Foundation for Arts

Study and Review: Yuko Chiba (for her book [Koto as a friend-a critical biography of Michio Miyagi ] )

Special Prize: Tatsuo Minagawa (Musicologist)

 

Popular

Music/Video Recording Prize for Japanese Performers:

Naoko Terai (Hot Jazz)

Music/Video Recording Prize for Non-Japanese Performers:

Keith Richards (Crosseyed Heart)

Live Performance Prize for Japanese Performers:

Makoto Osone (for his recent concert activities)

Live Performance Prize for Non-Japanese Performers:

Elton John (for his concert in Yokohama on the 18^th of November in 2015 [ElTON JOHN AND HIS BAND])

Brightest Hope Prize:

Shun Ishiwaka (Percussion)　

Production/ Publication Prize:

[Jazz in Japan - Weaving its Testimony] by Michiko Suzuki

Special Prize:

Southern All Stars

Lifetime Achievement Prize:

B.B.King
Hisato Aikura (Music Critic)

 

Audio

Technical Development Prize:

Bowers & Wilkins( The new 800 series, D3))

Superiority of Recording Prize:

Giacomo Puccini [Turandot] by Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrea Battistoni

Publication Prize:

[Almost Complete Works of Jeff Porcaro] by Yoshio Obara

Special Prize:

[Neofade - 3 Layer Carbon Matrix] as an audio application by Cripton Co. Ltd