NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES FROM JAPAN

NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES FROM JAPAN

 

1949

Hideki Yukawa, Nobel Prize in Physics

for prediction of existence of the mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces
1965

Shinichiro Tomonaga, Nobel Prize in Physics

for the development of quantum electrodynamics
1968

Yasunari Kawabata, Nobel Prize in Literature

1973

Leona Esaki, Nobel Prize in Physics

for experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors
1974

Eisaku Sato, Nobel Peace Prize

1981

Kenichi Fukui, Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for theories developed concerning the course of chemical reactions
1987

Susumu Tonegawa, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity
1994

Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Prize in Literature

2000

Hideki Shirakawa, Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for the discovery and development of conductive polymers
2001

HRyoji Noyori, Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for work on chirally catalyzed hydrogenation reactions
2002

Masatoshi Koshiba, Nobel Prize in Physics

for pioneering contributions to the detection of cosmic neutrinos
2002

Koichi Tanaka, Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules

 

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