The Deming Prize is the longest-running and one of the highest awards on TQM (Total Quality Management) in the world. It recognizes both individuals for their contributions to the field of Total Quality Management (TQM) and businesses that have successfully implemented TQM. It was established in 1951 to honor W. Edwards Deming who contributed greatly to Japan’s proliferation of statistical quality control after World War II. His teachings helped Japan build its foundation by which the level of Japan’s product quality has been recognized as the highest in the world, was originally designed to reward Japanese companies for major advances in quality improvement. Over the years it has grown, under the guidance of the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) to where it is now also available to non-Japanese companies, albeit usually operating in Japan, and also to individuals recognized as having made major contributions to the advancement of quality. The awards ceremony is broadcast every year in Japan on national television. Two categories of awards are made annually, the Deming Prize for Individuals and the Deming Prize. Winners of individual award 1951: Motosaburo Masuyama 1952: Tetsuichi Asaka, Kaoru Ishikawa, Masao Kogure, Masao Goto, Hidehiko Higashi, Shin Miura, Shigeru Mizuno, Eizo Watanabe 1953: Toshio Kitagawa 1954: Eizaburo Nishibori 1988: Renichi Takenaka 1989: Hitoshi Kume 1990: Shoichiro Kobayashi 1991: Kenji Kurogane 1992: Masao Nemoto 1993: Yasutoshi Washio 1994: Takanori Yoneyama 1995: Ayatomo Kanno 1996: Kenzo Sasaoka 1997: Noriaki Kano 1998: Katsuya Hosotani 1999: Yotaro Kobayashi 2000: Matabee Maeda 2001: Shiro Fujita 2002: Shoji Shiba 2003: Tadashi Yoshizawa 2004: Akira Takahashi 2005: Hajime Sasaki 2006: Yoshinori Iizuka 2007: Masayoshi Ushikubo 2008: Masahiro Sakane 2009: Hiroshi Osada 2010: Takao Enkawa 2011: Masamitsu Sakurai 2012: Makoto Nakao 2013: Hideo Iwasaki 2014: Kazuyuki Suzuki 2015: Tadaaki Jagawa 2016: Naotake Okubo 2017: Takeshi Nakajo 2018: Kunihiko Onuma 2019: Yasushi Nagata 2020: Shinichi Sasaki 2021: Hiroe Tsubaki Winners of application prize 1951 Fuji Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (now part of Nippon Steel) Showa Denko K.K. Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. Yawata Iron & Steel Co., Ltd (now part of Nippon Steel) 1958 Kaneka Corporation 1961 Denso Japan 1965 Toyota Motor Corp. 1976 Pentel Co., Ltd. "(a first for the stationery industry)". 1979 Takenaka Corporation "(a first for non-manufacturer industry)". 1981 JUKI Corporation (Tokyo Juki Industrial Co., Ltd., Industrial Sewing Machine Division) 1989 Florida Power & Light (first non-Japanese winner of award) 1994 Lucent Technologies, Power Systems