Background
Toshio Sakai was born on March 31, 1940, in Tokyo, Japan.
Toshio Sakai
Sakai's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph, "Dreams of Better Times"
Meiji University
In 1968 Toshio Sakai won the Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for his picture of an American GI wrapped in his poncho and trying to get some sleep during the Vietnam monsoon rain.
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Toshio Sakai was born on March 31, 1940, in Tokyo, Japan.
Toshio Sakai earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics and political science in 1965 from Meiji University in Tokyo.
A freelance photographer since 1977, Toshio Sakai previously was UPI photo manager for Seoul (Korea) Bureau (1975-1977) and UPI Newspictures editor for Southeast Asia (1973-1975). From 1965 to 1975 Toshio Sakai worked for UPI as a staff photographer in the Tokyo Bureau.