Congratulation!! Prize winners are following: (Alphabetical order)

1. Young Geographer Award
SHIRAISHI Natsuko (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
Putting what the First? : Natural Resources or Subsistence of the People: Survival Strategy and Resources Using of Alangan-Mangyan in Mindoro, Philippine

WUZHATI Yeerken (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Process and the Driving Factors of Central Asia's Urbanization: A Case Study in Kazakhstan

YIN Guanwen (Kyushu Univ., Japan)
Extrospective Politics in Urban Policy-making Process: A Case Study of Ecotown Plan, Kitakyushu City

2. The Impressive Award
    'Impressive Presentation Award' was probatively established to promote exchange between other countries. Award was chose by a vote from participants of other countries.

LI Gang (Northwest Univ., China)
Destination Island Effects: A Framework for Reconstruction and Assessment of Tourism Environmental Effects

LI Nana (Nara Women’s Univ., Japan)
Spatial Filtering and Location Patterns of Enterprise R&D in Kanto Region: Case Study of Electric and Electronic Equipment Industry

Park Sookyung (Sangmyung Univ., Korea)
A Geographical Study on Cyberpolitics in Virtual Geography and Relevance between Cyberspace and Physical Space: South Korea's Presidential Election in 2012


    The Organizing Committee of the 8th Japan-Korea-China joint conference on Geography is pleased to announce to give “Young Geographer Prize” to selected participants who give excellent presentations. Each participant should submit a proceedings paper after registration.

Prize name: Young Geographer Prize (Best Presentation Prize)
Extra prize: Total or half amount of registration fee
Entry: submit a proceedings paper (less than 2,000 words, figures and tables can not be included)
Requirements: Oral presentations by undergraduate student, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who do not find a permanent job.