Japan nets 35 Cannes Design Lions shortlists with Dentsu Inc Tokyo leading the way with 13

Dentsu Inc. Tokyo has been shortlisted 13 times in the Cannes Lions Design competition. Combined with their Kansai and Nagoya agencies Dentsu Japan has 15 shortlist of Japan’s total haul of 35 shortlists.

Hakuhodo Japan also has 6 Shortlists and Mori Inc Tokyo has 3.

The next best performing country is Thailand with 6 shortlists – 2 each to NudeJEH and O&M Bankgok. Creative Juice and Y&R have singles.

Singapore has 5 shortlists, lead by Kinetic and Ogilvy & Mather with 2 each. Lowe Bangkok also had a single shortlist.

Y&R Malaysia is shortlisted three times; TBWA Santiago Mangada Puno Manila has 2 shortlists; BBDO Pakistan also has 2 shortlists, as does Ogilvy & Mather Hong Kong.

McCann Worldgroup Mumbai is the only agency from India to make the cut with a single shortlist.

VIEW THE DESIGN SHORTLIST: Design Shortlist.xls