Kenji Nagai

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kenji Nagai.

Kenji Nagai ( Japanese 長 井 健 司 , Nagai Kenji ; born August 27, 1957 in Imabari , Ehime Prefecture , Japan ; † September 27, 2007 in Rangoon , Burma ) was a Japanese photojournalist who was shot dead during demonstrations in Burma in 2007.

Life

Kenji Nagai grew up in Imabari, Japan and graduated from Imabari West High School . He completed his studies at Keizai University in Tokyo . After graduating in Japan, he studied in America for another year.

After returning to Japan, he worked as a freelancer and for the Tokyo-based agency APF News , which specializes in reports from crisis areas.

Nagai arrived in Burma two days before the junta's bloody crackdown on protesters and was shot dead near the Sule Pagoda in downtown Rangoon while trying to capture the riot with his camera.

The photos of the reporter lying on the floor went around the world in the media on the same day, and the photographer Andrees Latif later received the Pulitzer Prize for his photos . On September 28, the Japanese private broadcaster Fuji Television and The Times released footage showing that Nagai was " apparently knocked to the ground by a soldier and then downright executed ."

Reactions

Japan hired the Burmese ambassador after the journalist's death.
Japan's Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Japan was considering curtailing development aid to Myanmar because of the killing of Nagai.
The NGO Reporters Without Borders and the independent Burma Media Association have called on the new Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to impose sanctions on the military regime in Myanmar.
According to press reports, Japan was considering recalling its ambassador or banning the leaders of the military regime in Myanmar from entering the country.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 16 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photos That Shocked The World . Business Insider
  2. ↑ spiegel.de: Japanese broadcaster speaks of execution , press release of September 28, 2007. Accessed on September 17, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b The Times .online: Video shows Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai 'being shot deliberately' , (with video of the execution) Press release of September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  4. ↑ Der Spiegel : Mass arrests in Burma - Major refuses to give an order to shoot , press release of October 3, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  5. ↑ AP: AP - Japan may cut aid to Myanmar to protest fatal shooting of Japanese journalist  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release of October 3, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / d1193522.u31.surftown.nu  
  6. ↑ Reporters Without Borders : Japanese prime minister asked to impose sanctions on military regime after video reporter Kenji Nagai's murder , press release of September 29, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  7. ↑ AFP: AFP - Flowers, prayers mark death of Japanese journalist in Myanmar  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release October 2, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / d1193522.u31.surftown.nu  

Web links

Commons : Kenji Nagai  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Nagai, Kenji
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 長 井 健 司 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese reporter
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Imabari , Ehime Prefecture , Japan
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 2007
Place of death Rangoon , Burma