Mika Yamamoto
Mika Yamamoto ( Japanese 山 本 美 香 , Yamamoto Mika ; born May 26, 1967 in Tsuru , Yamanashi Prefecture ; † August 20, 2012 in Aleppo , Syria ) was a Japanese journalist.
After graduating from Tsuru Humanities College , Yamamoto began working for the Japanese press in the mid-1990s. For years she mainly reported from crisis areas such as Afghanistan or Iraq . For her work - especially in Iraq - in 2003 she received the Vaughn-Ueda-kinen kokusaikisha-shō (about "Vaughn-Ueda Memorial Prize for Foreign Journalists ", English Vaughn Uyeda Memorial Prize ) of the Nihon Shimbun Kyōkai (about "Japanese Newspaper Association", English Japanese Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association ).
Yamamoto died of a gunshot wound while she was caught between insurgents and government forces while working as a journalist on the civil war in Syria .
Web links
- Mika Yamamoto: The award-winning Japanese journalist was killed in Aleppo. (Photo: dapd) at tagesschau.de ( Memento from November 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ 戦 場 ジ ャ ー ナ リ ス ト ・ 山 本 美 香 さ ん 、 シ リ ア で 銃 撃 死… 右腕 、 首 に 被 弾 し 出血 多量 . In: Hochi Shimbun. August 22, 2012, archived from the original on August 22, 2012 ; Retrieved August 25, 2012 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b c Japanese reporter accompanying rebels killed in Syrian violence . In: The Mainichi , August 21, 2012. Archived from the original on August 24, 2012.
- ↑ Japan woman journalist Mika Yamamoto dies from injuries during Syrian conflict . In: Women News Network , August 20, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yamamoto, Mika |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 山 本 美 香 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tsuru , Yamanashi Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th August 2012 |
| Place of death | Aleppo |