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Kenso Soai, who won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, gives a lecture in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
Nobel Prize winner Soai delivers lecture in Tokyo about reaction named after him
In his lecture, Kenso Soai discussed the Soai reaction, which led to him winning the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces this year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Michael Woodford and Robert E. Hall, in Stockholm on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2026
The Nobel Prize in economics is a message to the Fed
An open Fed is a more credible Fed that will find stronger societal support at a time when its integrity is under attack by Donald Trump.
South African jurist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay poses in Nuremberg, Germany, on Friday, soon after being awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2026
And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to the opposite of Trump
ICC jurists have now been frozen out of everything from bank accounts to VISA and Mastercard credit cards and Amazon subscriptions.
U.S. macroeconomists Robert E Hall and Michael Woodford (on screen) are announced as the winners of the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Monday.
WORLD
Oct 12, 2026
Robert Hall and Michael Woodford win 2026 Nobel economics prize
The award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was the final prize to be given this year.
The U.S. decision to add added the entire International Criminal Court to its Specially Designated Nationals list — a move that would impose financial punishment on any entity that does business with the ICC — spurred swift push back from Japan, the European Union and numerous other U.S. allies that support the court.
WORLD
Oct 10, 2026
U.S. sanctions ICC after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed her deep concern over the move, calling it “incompatible with” 91AV原创 position.
Navanethem Pillay speaks during a news briefing at the United Nations headquarters in New York in 2022.
WORLD
Oct 9, 2026
Nobel Peace Prize goes to international jurist Navi Pillay
The committee said it awarded Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
Canadian poet Anne Carson performs her work "Antigonick" at an art gallery in Stockholm in May 2015.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 8, 2026
Canadian writer Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Canadian won for her ?“bold and ?inventive oeuvre” that “has created new forms ?for contemporary literature.”
Japanese scientist Kenso Soai, co-winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, reacts during a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday night.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 8, 2026
Nobel winner Kenso Soai says he understood the significance of his research
“I may sound arrogant, but I had thought I would not get complaints if I won,” the Japanese scientist said of his achievement.
Japanese Nobel laureate Kenso Soai gestures as he takes part in a news conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Tokyo University of Science in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2026
Japanese scientist Kenso Soai and France’s Henri B. Kagan win Nobel Prize in chemistry
Japanese scientist Kenso Soai and Henri B. Kagan won “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”
Chiba University professor Shigeru Yoshida speaks at a news conference in Chiba Prefecture on Tuesday, following the announcement that professor Francis Halzen, who leads the international collaborative project IceCube in which Yoshida participated, had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2026
Japanese professors welcome Nobel Prize for IceCube project chief
“We were able to catch a glimpse of the universe that no one has ever seen,” said Shigeru Yoshida, who participated in the project.
Francis Halzen is announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics during a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 6, 2026
Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in physics
Among past laureates are some of the most celebrated figures in science, including Albert Einstein, Marie and Pierre Curie, Max Planck and Niels Bohr.
Nobel Committee Secretary-General Thomas Perlmann speaks to the media in front of a screen displaying the names of this year's laureates for the prize in medicine and physiology, Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, during an announcement of the winners at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 5, 2026
Scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on ‘light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’
Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 ?Nobel Prize in ?physiology or ?medicine.
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Hideki Shirakawa (left) alongside Swedish Embassy Minister Karl Leifland at the scientist's house in Yokohama in October 2000.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 3, 2026
Nobel-winning Japanese scientist Hideki Shirakawa dies at 90
Shirakawa, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2000 for developing conductive polymers, a key component of modern touch screens, died late last month.
Nihon Hidankyo co-chair Terumi Tanaka (second from right) and other officials hold a news conference in Nagasaki on Monday, marking the 70th anniversary of the group's founding.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2026
Nihon Hidankyo renews call for world without nuclear weapons
The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, held a news conference in Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the group’s establishment.
Susumu Tonegawa, the first Japanese laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, has died. He was 86.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2026
Susumu Tonegawa, first Japanese Nobel laureate in medicine, dies at 86
Tonegawa received the Nobel Prize in 1987 for clarifying how limited sets of genes produce various antibodies that play an important role in immunity.
Nihon Hidankyo co-chair Terumi Tanaka (center) speaks during the group's annual meeting in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2026
As hibakusha numbers dwindle, Nihon Hidankyo to vote on group’s future in 2027
Over the past few years, the group has discussed its own future, with some saying that the organization “will cease to exist if hibakusha are no longer here with us.”
An undated handout photo provided by the Narges Mohammadi Foundation in 2023 of the Iranian rights campaigner
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2026
Iranian Nobel Prize winner released on bail for medical treatment, supporters say
Narges Mohammadi suffered two suspected heart attacks while behind bars in Zanjan, northern Iran.
A picture of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on the wall of the Grand Hotel in central Oslo before the Nobel banquet, in connection with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, in Oslo, on Dec. 10, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2026
Nobel laureate Mohammadi remains in critical condition in Iran, foundation says
The Peace Prize laureate was placed in a cardiac care unit after being brought to the hospital from prison.
Susumu Kitagawa, distinguished professor at Kyoto University and the winner of 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, holds a compact gas container using a technology he developed during an event in Jakarta on Thursday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 8, 2026
Gas container using Nobel Prize winner’s technology draws attention
The container, named CubiTan, enables more efficient gas transport than conventional gas cylinders due to its design.
U.S. President Donald Trump
WORLD / Politics
Jan 19, 2026
Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel Peace Prize snub
The U.S. president linked his claims on Greenland to not being awarded the peace prize in a letter he sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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