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Nobel laureate slams Suga for blocking scholars from science panel

National Oct 15, 2020

Nobel laureate slams Suga for blocking scholars from science panel

"Prime Minister Suga will go down in history for doing such an outrageous thing," Nobel winner Toshihide Masukawa said in a message.

National / Crime & Legal Aug 3, 2018

Nobel laureate Toshihide Maskawa and others sue government over 'unconstitutional' security laws

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Toshihide Maskawa and over 100 other people sued the government Thursday, saying that security laws the country enacted in 2015 to expand the role of its Self-Defense Forces overseas were unconstitutional and have violated their right to live in peace. The 143 ...

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