2010 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees Seven individuals from Bangladesh, China, Japan, and the Philippines will receive the 2010 Ramon Magsaysay Award for their selfless service in helping people and making Asia a better place. “The Magsaysay awardees of 2010 are seven remarkable individuals deeply engaged in reinventing the future for a better Asia, tapping into and strengthening the power of community…they are showing how commitment, competence, and collaborative leadership can truly transform individual lives and galvanize community action,” Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) President Carmencita Abella said. The seven awardees will receive the Magsaysay Award, considered as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize, on August 31, 2010 in the Philippines. Nuclear-free World Tadatoshi Akiba, three-time mayor of Hiroshima, Japan, was named a Magsaysay awardee for “his principled and determined leadership in a sustained global campaign…to create a world free from the perils of nuclear war.” In 1982, Akiba formed...