Asahi Simbun publications

Asahi Newspaper has 8 million readers and receives 5000 to 6000 entries a week. That is 250,000 to 300,000 a year. Each week four haiku/tanka masters select ten of them for publication and one at the end of the year for the Asahi Haiku/Tanka Prize.

This selection of haiku/tanka appears in a book every year.    
2017
  • 9 Jan. Haiku selected by Oogushi  
  •  寒夕焼け滅びし国の数知れず
2016
  • 19 Dec. haiku selected by Kaneko　        
  • 13 Nov. haiku selected by Kaneko　          
  • 11 October, haiku selected by Hasegawa 
  • 19 Sept. haiku selected by Oogushi　　   
  • 11 Sept. haiku selected by Kaneko              
  • 22 August, haiku selected by Kaneko         
  • 25 July, haiku selected by Kaneko              
  • 「大戦が今追い越して霧に立つ」
  • ​「どこでどう繋がる我と赤とんぼ」
  • ​「ぶどう煮て冷夏の果てを惜しみけり」
  • ​「糸杉の古城の庭に蝉時雨」
  • ​「父と子に甚平を買う母国かな」
  • ​「遠雷や戦く薔薇に水やりぬ」
  • ​「安楽死選ばずミモザを愛で居りし」
2015
  • 7 Dec.  haiku selected by kaneko ​
  • 30 Nov. haiku selected by Oogushi   ​
  • 2 Nov. haiku selected by Kaneko   ​
  • ​8  August, haiku selected by Oogushi 
  • 2 June, haiku selected by Kaneko ​ 
  • 20  April, haiku selected by Hasegawa 
  • 18 March, senryu selected by Nishiki                     
  • 9 March, haiku selected by Kaneka and ​Oogushi  
  • 8 Feb. haiku selected by Hasegawa                    
  • 「木枯や生き急ぐ手をふと止めて」
  • 「長き夜や感情論のはてしなく」
  • 「秋刀魚さんま秋刀魚鋭き口を開け
  • 「馬鈴薯の花の地平に白夜去る」
  • 「叱られて子に叱られて赤とんぼ」
  • ​「天道虫を撫でてをりしが母となる」
  • ​「亡き人の「春が来たよ」と古き文」
  • 「山河恋うて国を恐るる余寒かな」
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  • 「白と黒赤も混じりてパリの凧」
2014 
  • 8 Dec. haiku selected by Hasegawa  
  • 23 Nov. haiku selected by Oogushi  
  • 1 Nov. haiku selected by Kaneko   
  • 18 August, haiku selected by Oogushi 
  • 10 August, haiku selected by Kaneko 
  • 16 June, haiku selected by Kaneko 
  • 19 May,  haiku selected by Oogushi  
  • 「冷まじや英霊となりてさまよえる」
  • 「人生の卒業論文鳥渡る」    
  • 「 難民とすれちがいし後野菊の香」  
  • 「雲海の怒涛まといて富士立てり」
  • 「噴水や千キロ走って孫に会う」
  • 「孫連れてカモの子猫の子羊の子」   
  • 「菜の花や古城の牢は深き穴」
A golden field of rape blossoms 
the old castle has a prison　
 a deep pit
  • 3 February, haiku selected by Oogushi 
（2014 Haiku Prize）
  • 「大戦と大戦の間の日向ぼこ」
Basking in the sun
 between World War II and
 III
  • ６January,  haiku selected by Kaneko 
  • 「魂と鏡の落差うそ寒し」
2013 
  • 8 December, haiku selected by Hasegawa   
（2013 Haiku Prize）
  • 「オランダの光の中を秋がゆく」
In Dutch light
the autumn
passes by
(‘Dutch Light’ is a documentary film by Pieter-Rim de Kroon & Maarten de Kroon, about the light in Holland, the legendary light such as we see in 17th century paintings)
  • 2 December, haiku selected by Oogushi   
  • 4 November, haiku selected by Hasegawa
  • ７October, haiku selected by Kaneko 
  • 23 September, haiku selected by Oogushi
  • ９ September, tanka selected  by Baba 

  • 8 June, haiku selected by Oogushi 
  • 8 June, haiku selected by Kaneko 
  • 1 April, haiku selected by Kaneko 
  • 「身に沁むや三か国語を忘れゆく」
  • ​「秋出水海も運河も水びたし」
  • ​「子規の忌や歌詠みてお慕い申候」
  • ​「向日葵を置く空色のテーブルに」
  • ​「白夜更けうすむらさきのリラが揺れ心も揺れて老 に入るらし」​
  • 「ベルサイユの噴水青春の最中に」
  • 「ぶどうの丘を翔けしかの日の青ぶどう」
  • ​​「盲しいても春陽のあり頬を撫づ」
When I lose my sight
I’ll still have the spring sun
caressing my cheeks
  • 17 February, haiku selected by Kaneko  
  • 18 February, haiku selected by Oogushi  
  • 「移植医の異様な沈黙暖炉冷ゆ」
  • 「凧あげて砂丘の空に人を呼ぶ