- 1949
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Hideki Yukawa, Nobel Prize in Physics
for prediction of existence of the mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces - 1965
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Shinichiro Tomonaga, Nobel Prize in Physics
for the development of quantum electrodynamics - 1968
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Yasunari Kawabata, Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1973
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Leona Esaki, Nobel Prize in Physics
for experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors - 1974
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Eisaku Sato, Nobel Peace Prize
- 1981
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Kenichi Fukui, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for theories developed concerning the course of chemical reactions - 1987
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Susumu Tonegawa, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity - 1994
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Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Prize in Literature
- 2000
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Hideki Shirakawa, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for the discovery and development of conductive polymers - 2001
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HRyoji Noyori, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for work on chirally catalyzed hydrogenation reactions - 2002
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Masatoshi Koshiba, Nobel Prize in Physics
for pioneering contributions to the detection of cosmic neutrinos - 2002
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Koichi Tanaka, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules