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SUSUMU KITAGAWA

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.
Nobel laureate in chemistry Susumu Kitagawa (left), and Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine Shimon Sakaguchi smile during a news conference in Stockholm on Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2025
¡®A great honor¡¯: Japanese Nobel winners fondly recall award ceremony
¡°It was a great honor,¡± said Shimon Sakaguchi, one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Nobel laureate in chemistry Susumu Kitagawa poses with his award during the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2025
Japanese scientists Sakaguchi and Kitagawa receive Nobel Prizes
The total number of Japanese-born Nobel laureates, including those with U.S. nationality, is now 30.
Japanese chemist Susumu Kitagawa, a Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 laureate, speaks at a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Sunday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2025
Nobel co-winner Susumu Kitagawa calls for funds for basic research
It takes around 25 years for basic research to produce results and put them to practical use, says the Kyoto University professor.
Doll-maker Kyugetsu unveiled its 2025 wooden paddles, featuring Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, on Wednesday in Tokyo¡¯s Taito Ward.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2025
Hagoita paddles depicting newsmakers of 2025 unveiled
Wooden paddles featuring Shohei Ohtani, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and 10 others were unveiled by Tokyo-based doll-maker Kyugetsu on Wednesday.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Chairman Sadaharu Oh speaks during an interview in Fukuoka on Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2025
Baseball legend Sadaharu Oh and seven others to receive Order of Culture
Susumu Kitagawa, 74, a special professor at Kyoto University and recipient of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, is among the other recipients.
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.
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.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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