Judges 2004

Judges

The winners were chosen from 89 entrants by the panel of three distinguished judges: Anthony Rowley,Yoshio Murakami, and Suvendrini Kakuchi.


Left to right: Yoshio Murakami, Suvendrini Kakuchi, and Anthony Rowley

Yoshio Murakami is the Adviser on International Affairs to The Asahi Shimbun, on which he also served as a Director of the Board. In a 40-year career with the Asahi, he has been a Viet Nam war correspondent, Bangkok Bureau Chief (covering Southeast Asia), Chief of the American General Bureau, and Deputy Managing Editor.

Suvendrini Kakuchi is a Sri Lankan journalist reporting for Inter Press Service, an international wire service, and is also a regular commentator on Asian issues for Japanese publications and television. Ms. Kakuchi is a Nieman Fellow and the recipient of a fellowship for South Asian reporters from the Foreign Press Center Foundation, Japan.

The presiding judge is Anthony Rowley, the Tokyo Correspondent of The Business Times and Field Editor for Oxford Analytica. He has had more than 25 years of working experience in the region and was formerly Business Editor and International Finance Editor for the Far Eastern Economic Review. Mr. Rowley has a strong interest in economic development and international finance institutions.