The OLIVE JAPAN® 2027 will soon start !
▢ EXTRA VIRGIN and FLAVORED OLIVE OIL AWARDS
– Professional olive oil juries for true QUALITY AWARDS
– Participation fee is 300 euro per product (Early Bird Discount= 250 euro registered by November 30, 2026)
>>> “Buy 4 & Get 1 Free” offer: with every 4 products entered, another product may be entered FREE**
– Samples: 3 tins or glass bottles of 500ml (or 5 bottles of 250ml)
– No chemical analysis report needed
– Entry deadline will be May 14, 2027, and results will be available on June 12, 2026.
** The “Buy 4 & Get 1 Free” offer will apply for 5 items from the same company that are entered on the same entry form.
▢ TABLE OLIVE AWARDS
– Professional table olive juries for true QUALITY AWARDS
regi– Participation fee is 300 euro per product (Early Bird Discount= 250 euro registered by November 30, 2026)
>>> “Buy 4 & Get 1 Free” offer: with every 4 products entered, another product may be entered FREE**
– Samples: 4 tins or glass bottles of at least 250 grams each.
– Entry deadline will be May 14, 2027, and results will be available on June 12, 2026.
** The “Buy 4 & Get 1 Free” offer will apply for 5 items from the same company that are entered on the same entry form.
Key Dates;
Registration will start in early October 2026
Deadline of the registration; May 14, 2027 (Samples should be arrived by May 18, 2027)
Judging sessions will take place around late May 2027
All results will be announced June 10, 2027
Award Ceremony for PREMIER MEDAL Winners is planned in late May to Early June 2027
OLIVE JAPANⓇ 2027 Registrarion
OLIVE JAPANⓇ 2027 Registration Information
For OLIVE JAPAN winners, we provide the electric data of the award medal stickers, award certificates and taste/flavor index as well as judges comments for your product(s). PREMIER Medal winners will be also provided complimentary memorial trophy from OLIVE JAPAN.
Contest Outlines and Registration
Prizes
KEY DATES for Registration / Awards Announcement
Award Ceremony: Around late May – Early June, 2027
** All contestants should be provided detailed contest results with scores and comments via email.
How to Register and Ship Samples
- Early Bird Discount Rate = 250 EURO
Normal Rate = 300 EURO
Volume Discount Available – Buy 4 Get 1 Free
** Early Bird Discount Rate is applied for those register and pay by November 30, 2026
** Buy 4 Get 1 Free is appiled for those register 5 products in the same entry form
The Payment of Entry Fee should be made by Credit Card (Stripe System) or Bank Wire Transfer within 10 days after registration
■ Bank Wire Transfer Information
Bank Wire Should be made by EURO currency. (Yen Trasfer must not be accepted)
All the bank charges should be paid by Contestants
Swift Code; BOTKJPJT or BOTKJPJTXXX
(i.e. there is no IBAN Code for Japanese Bank)
Branch Office: Kyobashi Branch
Account #: 023-0070643
Bank Address; 1-7-3, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Account Name: OLIVE JAPAN
- All samples must be shipped and arrived at OLIVE JAPAN by May 18th, 2027.
Should be properly wrapped and packed to prevent from any damages during shipping. - HOW Many Samples Necessary ?
OLIVE OIL / Flavored Olive Oil SAMPLES
– Should be processed during May 2026 – May 2027
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- 5 Bottles/tins if 100ml – 150ml per bottle/tin
- 4 Bottles/tins if 200ml – 250ml per bottle/tin
- 3 Bottles/tins if 375ml – 500ml per bottle/tin
- 2 Bottles/tins if 750ml or more per bottle/tin
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TABLE OLIVE SAMPLES
– Should be packed during May 2026 – May 2027
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- 5 Bottles/tins if 100g – 150g per bottle/tin
- 4 Bottles/tins if 200g – 400g per bottle/tin
- 2 Bottles/tins if 500g or more per bottle/tin
※All Table Olive Samples should be expired after September 2027 and Room Temparature storage product
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- All the Samples should be properly labeled as the commercial products.
- No Analyze report is necessary.
- All the shipping cost and charges/duties/custom taxes and charges must be paid by the contestant.
- The samples should be attached with proper commercial invoice, packing list and the copy of the confirmation email from OLIVE JAPAN with entry number.
Attention; OLIVE JAPAN International Olive Competition
3-4-1, Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, TOKYO 104-0031, JAPAN
Tel. +81 3 3271 0808
If required the consignee name, please put our General Director’s name as Dr. TOSHIYA TADA
The OLIVE JAPAN International Olive Competition will acknowledge receipt of the samples. The OLIVE JAPAN International Olive Competition is not responsible for any shipping or customs charges and taxes. A licensed broker with applicable importing licenses must clear international shipments of the samples. If you have an importer it is best to use your own importer.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS REQUIRE:
SAMPLE WAIVER: All sample shipments to JAPAN must be clearly declared as “SAMPLE, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE, NOT FOR SALE” in the applicable commercial invoices and pro-forma invoices and the packing list attached with the samples. OLIVE JAPAN has no responsibility to make proper custom clearance nor to prepare adequate shipping documents.
YOU MUST DESIGNATE THAT YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR ALL JAPANESE CUSTOMS CHARGES AND TAXES ON YOUR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING DOCUMENTS OR AIRWAY BILL if your documents should not be properly prepared. The OLIVE JAPAN International Olive Competition and the Olive Oil Sommelier Association of Japan is not responsible for JAPANESE Customs & Brokerage Charges, Taxes and other handling charges and if this is not done properly, your shipment could be delayed until we receive payment for these charges. If the shipment is large enough for commercial airfreight, we must collect estimated tax, duty and customs charges in advance. The commercial value for samples is typically one Euro per bottle and this should be stated on a pro-forma invoice.
OLIVE JAPAN strongly advise to use DHL to ship your samples to Japan. We had experienced huge damages and trouble of the samples shipped by FedEx=TNT, EMS and UPS.
OLIVE JAPAN® 2026 The World’s Best Olive Oil Announced !
We received total 801 Extra virgins, infused olive oil and table olives from 29 nations.
Thank you so much for such a great numbers of subscription and participation.
Finally, we decided to present total 620 Medals, which is the highest numbers since 2012.
8 PREMIER MEDALS (BEST of SHOW), 10 FINALISTs = “Toshiya Tada Special Olive Oil Sommelier” Awards, 374 GOLD Medals (including 21 for Table Olives) and 228 SILVER MEDALs (including 10 for table oilves) are presented for excellent quality products. 

Please download the ALL award winners list below. (Last update; July 29)
OLIVE JAPAN 2026 WINNERs LIST [ EXCEL ] as of JULY 29 (ENG) DD
i.e. There are no BRONZE, PLATINUM nor DOUBLE GOLD awards in OLIVE JAPAN® IOOC
OLIVE JAPAN® 2026 MEDALs by Country
We received total 801 Extra virgins, infused olive oil and table olives from 29 nations.


