The 52 Mainichi Shimbun letters, 1995-1996. "The Mainichi Shimbun won the Nihon Shimbun Kyokai (Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association) Award on Wednesday, September 4, 1996 for carrying the series "Letter from Burma" by Burmese dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The series has been carried in the Monday morning editions of the Mainichi Shimbun and in the Mainichi Daily News since Nov. 27, 1995..."