Best business and/or economic reporting from abroad for newspapers or wire services
Award Year: 1986
Award Name: Best Business and/or Economic Reporting from Abroad for Newspapers or Wire Services 1986
Recipient: Evelyn Richards, Lewis M. Simons
Affiliation: The San Jose Mercury News
Honored Work: “The Trade War: Why Japan is Winning”
The hard-hitting series featured a page-one display and two full inside pages for three days, carrying a multifaceted discussion of this vital, emotion-filled issue for readers in the heart of so-called Silicon Valley. The articles noted that the Japanese have been gaining the upper hand because of the willingness of many American companies to purchase the lower-cost output from Japanese competitors, and their failure to understand the Japanese consumer. It concluded, however, that Japan was now facing growing competition from newly industrialized nations on the Pacific Rim.
Citation for Excellence:
Raphael Pura
The Asian Wall Street Journal
Coverage of Malaysia