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SHUJI NAKAMURA

BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 23, 2015
Nobel laureate Nakamura's lighting company opens office in Yokohama
Nobel loreate Shuji Nakamura said Thursday his U.S.-based company Soraa Inc. has opened an office in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, to market high-quality light-emitting diode lamps in Japan.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 7, 2015
Nobel physics laureates Isamu Akasaki, Shuji Nomura, three others honored by U.S. academy for LED technology
The U.S. National Academy of Engineering said Tuesday it has honored five scientists for their contribution to the development of light-emitting diodes, including the 2014 Nobel physics prize laureates Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 11, 2014
Physics trio collect Nobel prize at gala
The three Japan-born physicists who won this year's Nobel Prize in physics for inventing energy-efficient blue light-emitting diodes received their prize at a ceremony in Stockholm on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 24, 2014
Patent law must retain incentives
As the government drafts amendments to the patent law, the question is how effective the new rules will be in ensuring fair corporate remuneration to inventors so that they keep their engineering talent in Japan to enhance the nation's industrial competitiveness.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 14, 2014
Japan's Nobel win should spur Abe to action
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been quiet on one reform that truly would encourage the risk-taking culture Japan needs so badly: making sure employees get paid for their inventions.
EDITORIALS
Oct 8, 2014
Ingenuity key to Nobel success
The achievements of Nobel winners Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura highlight why scientific freedom and daring research should be encouraged in Japan.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2005
Inventor of blue LED angry with settlement
The inventor of the blue light-emitting diode said Wednesday he was forced to settle with Nichia Corp. out of court for ¥843 million over the diode patent.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2005
Settlement in blue LED patent suit could reach 1.5 billion yen
Nichia Corp. and former researcher Shuji Nakamura are negotiating a settlement worth ¥500 million  to ¥1.5 billion over their high-profile dispute on the patent for the blue light-emitting diode, according to sources familiar with the lawsuit.
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2004
Blue LED case may end out of court
The Tokyo High Court recommended that a 50-year-old researcher and Nichia Corp., his former employer, settle their dispute over the blue light-emitting diode patent without any court ruling.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 25, 2004
Cashing in on ideas
Thomas Edison's electricity, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, the Wright Brothers' creaky biplane, H.G. Wells' time machine (OK, that last one hasn't happened yet), but through these world-changing discoveries, our daily lives have been made easier. Flick a switch and light banishes the darkness, pick up a phone and chat away to a distant cousin in Timbuktu, hop on to an airplane and go and have lunch with her the next day. All of these inventions have transformed the world into one huge global village.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2004
Nichia deposits ¥10 billion in spat over patent royalties
Chemical maker Nichia Corp. deposited ¥10 billion at the Justice Ministry after a court approved its request to block the execution of a January ruling ordering it to pay ¥20 billion  to the inventor of a key semiconductor device, Nichia officials said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2002
Court dismisses inventor's patent claim but will consider reward
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday acknowledged Nichia Corp.'s ownership of the patent for a key semiconductor device, rejecting a suit filed by the inventor, now a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2002
Researchers to get Franklin awards for blue diode, nanotubes
Two Japanese researchers will be awarded the 2002 Franklin Institute medals for their outstanding work in the fields of physics and engineering, the U.S.-based institute said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2002
Inventor hopes lawsuit over diode empowers peers
Shuji Nakamura is confident that his court battle can radically change the relationship between Japanese companies and their in-house inventors.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2001
Japanese inventor of blue LED files suit against former firm over patents, profits
The developer of the blue light-emitting diode filed a suit Thursday against his former employer, demanding 2 billion yen and recognition that the patent on the semiconductor belongs to him.
Events
Aug 21, 2001
Electronics firms wage battle of the rays
KYOTO -- Kyoto-based Rohm Corp., one of Japan's largest makers of electronic components, is locked in a legal wrangle with Nichia Corp. of Anan, Tokushima Prefecture, over patents related to blue light-emitting diodes and blue lasers.

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Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores