Best business reporting from abroad in magazines
AWARD YEAR: 2005
AWARD NAME: The Morton Frank Award 2005
RECIPIENT: Neil Weinberg and Kiyoe Minami
AFFILIATION: Forbes Asia
HONORED WORK: “The Front Line: Japan Sheds Pacifism”
“The Front Line” is a wonderful example of finding a great story in plain sight. In Japan, the rise of the military industrial complex may be apparent, but to those of us in the United States, this story about the Japanese military is an eye-opener. This well-researched, well-written article also includes the startling assertion by a Japanese official that Japan could build a nuclear bomb in six months.
Citation for Excellence:
Nelson Schwartz
Fortune
“Oil’s New Mr. Big”