Yomiuri International Cooperation Prize: Prize fosters future generations of professionals

By Toshinao Ishii / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
19:04 JST,
November 20, 2025
The late Yutaka Akino, an assistant professor at the University of Tsukuba, became the laureate of the Yomiuri International Cooperation Prize in 1998. In the same year, Akino was shot dead at the age of 48 by anti-government forces in Tajikistan while dispatched with the United Nations Mission of ...
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