Disaster-hit Japanese daily awarded

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hiroyuki Takeuchi (R), editor-in-chief of the Japanese newspaper Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, attends the International Press Institute's annual world congress and general assembly in Taipei on Sept. 25, 2011, as the daily received a special award for its publication efforts in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The daily continued to publish using handwritten papers (L) posted on walls, despite loss of power and damage to printing machines due to the disaster. (Kyodo)

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