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NOBEL PRIZE

Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki on Thursday called the U.S. president’s order to restart nuclear tests “absolutely unacceptable.”
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2025
Nagasaki mayor condemns Trump’s nuclear test order
The U.S. president had instructed the Defense Department to restart nuclear testing because of other countries’ testing programs.
Nobel Prize laureate Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a professor at Osaka University, is part of a team that has developed a technique to produce regulatory T cells that suppress excessive immune activity.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 29, 2025
Nobel winner's team develops tech to make regulatory T cells
The team succeeded in turning T cells from mice suffering autoimmune diseases into stable regulatory T cells with a special culture method.
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado speaks at a rally in Caracas on July 25.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2025
How Venezuela's Nobel Prize winner built a high-stakes alliance with Trump
Members of Maria Corina Machado’s team helped Washington build the case for an aggressive stance against the Venezuelan government led by President Nicolas Maduro.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the winners of the 2025 Nobel economics prize at a news conference in Stockholm on Oct. 13. The prize was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for their work on innovation-driven economic growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2025
This year’s economics Nobel holds a warning for the U.S
Between 1875 and 1926, 44% of the world’s breakthrough inventions took place in the U.S., with Britain, France and Germany hovering between 14% and 22%.
University of Osaka professor Shimon Sakaguchi (right), and Susumu Kitagawa, special professor at Kyoto University, attend a reception for Swedish Crown Princess Victoria hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2025
Japanese Nobel winners attend reception in Tokyo
It was the first time Shimon Sakaguchi and Susumu Kitagawa had appeared together in public since being named Nobel laureates last week.
Secretary-General of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren addresses journalists during the announcement of the winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday. (From left, in the projected image) Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt were recognized “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth.”
WORLD
Oct 13, 2025
Trio wins 2025 Nobel economics prize for work on innovation and growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt win the 2025 Nobel economics prize for explaining innovation-driven growth and the role of creative destruction.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks to supporters while holding up electoral records during a rally in Caracas in August 2024. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday she was the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2025
Machado receives the Nobel Peace Prize as Trump’s attempts to secure award fall short
Machado, as the committee put it, is known for her tireless work promoting democracy for Venezuelans and her struggle against dictatorship.
Nihon Hidankyo co-chair Terumi Tanaka speaks to reporters during an event held in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 12, 2025
Hidankyo and others hold event 80 years after atomic bombings
Outside the venue, attendees spoke with those who experienced the massive U.S. bombing of Tokyo in March 1945.
Natsuki Kai, a high school student who attended last year's Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony as a student peace messenger, is interviewed in Hiroshima in September.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2025
One year after Hidankyo's Nobel Prize, student remains true to the cause
Natsuki Kai's great-grandparents were among those exposed to the U.S. atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Representatives from Nihon Hidankyo, formally known as the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, speak during a news conference in Tokyo in October last year after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2025
Nuclear risk continues to rise, 80 years after atomic bombings
The risk of nuclear attack is at an extreme level despite the robust efforts of Nihon Hidankyo, which received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado greets supporters during a rally in Guanare, Venezuela, in July 2024.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 11, 2025
Nobel winner vilified by Maduro regime vows to keep up her fight in Venezuela
Supporters of Maria Corina Machado have thinned under Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's brutal crackdown that's sent many to jail or into exile.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest in Caracas in January.
WORLD
Oct 10, 2025
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado
The committee hailed her as "one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times."
John Clarke, an emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, is interviewed on campus on Tuesday after being named one of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in physics.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 10, 2025
Nobel Prizes this year offer three cheers for slow science
In an age when government efficiency has been used to justify sharp cuts to scientific funding, the science Nobels offer a case for plodding curiosity.
Laszlo Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian novelist, in 2014. Krasznahorkai was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 10, 2025
Hungarian 'master of the apocalypse' Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in literature
The prize was awarded "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art."
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 9, 2025
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Waiting on a supercomputer to analyze the structure of a new crystal gave him time to come up with the idea for a kind of material that could, for example, capture carbon dioxide.
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a distinguished professor of the University of Osaka, arrives for a news conference Monday night after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 8, 2025
Nobel laureate Sakaguchi urges support for science despite its 'poor success rate'
The Nobel Prize winner engaged in research once considered dodgy or even dangerous, and he said he struggled to gain support for it early in his career.
A bust of Swedish chemist, inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel, founder and namesake of the Nobel Prize, stands at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025
Nobel physics prize goes to pioneers of quantum mechanics
Quantum technology is already ubiquitous, with transistors in computer microchips an everyday example.
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a distinguished professor of Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Suita, Osaka prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025
With medical breakthrough, Japan’s latest Nobel winner bucked convention
Shimon Sakaguchi’s unwavering conviction in the validity of his research paid off with the discovery of immune-regulating cells — and a Nobel Prize in medicine.
A protester holds a sign with an image depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the words "Nobel" written on it, as supporters and family members of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, demonstrate to demand the immediate end of the war and the release of all hostages, outside the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 2.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 7, 2025
Trump has his eyes on the prize — but a Nobel win looks unlikely
While this year’s prize is expected to be out of reach, the U.S. president could gain momentum for next year’s award if his Gaza plan and North Korea outreach prove fruitful.
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Osaka Prefecture on Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025
Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners
Japanese immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi was awarded the prize along with two other scientists for their discovery concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Takaichi leads first ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign residents
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign nationals and immigration on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumps 4%, led by losses in tech sector
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average index briefly tumbled more than 2,000 points on Wednesday morning following a downbeat session on Wall Street fueled by fears of a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.

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