Kyodo, Asahi, Nikkei correspondents win Vaughn-Uyeda prize

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hisashi Hirai, chief of Kyodo News's Seoul Bureau, Yasunori Kawakami, chief of the Asahi Shimbun's Middle East and Africa General Bureau, and Takabumi Suzuoki, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun's Hong Kong correspondent, were chosen Feb. 24 as recipients of the 2002 Vaughn-Uyeda Prize. The prize honors contributions by Japanese journalists in the field of international affairs. (Kyodo)

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