Tokyo staffers Kaori Hitomi, senior producer; Haruka Nuga, video journalist; Eugene Hoshiko, photographer; and Yuri Kageyama, correspondent, for their outstanding cross-formats effort to capture and verify the image of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn who was released after more than three months in custody on charges of understating income. AP’s report on this highly competitive story included strong visuals and live coverage unmatched by other agencies, and ahead of even some Japanese media.