Nobel Laureates

Japanese Nobel Laureates

Year conferred	Field	Name	Alma Mater	Position when the prize was conferred
2008	Physics	Yoichiro Nambu	The University of Tokyo	Emeritus Professor, University of Chicago
		Makoto Kobayashi	Nagoya University	Emeritus Professor, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
		Maskawa Toshihide	Nagoya University	Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University
	Chemistry	Osamu Shimomura	Nagasaki University	Emeritus Professor, Boston University
2002	Chemistry	Kouichi Tanaka	Tohoku University	Shimadzu Corporation
2002	Physics	Masatoshi Koshiba	The University of Tokyo	Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo
2001	Chemistry	Ryoji Noyori	Kyoto University	Professor, Nagoya University
2000	Chemistry	Hideki Shirakawa	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Emeritus Professor, University of Tsukuba
1994	Literature	Kenzaburo Oe	The University of Tokyo	Novelist
1987	Physiology-Medicine	Susumu Tonegawa	Kyoto University	Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1981	Chemistry	Kenichi Fukui	Kyoto University	Professor, Kyoto University
1974	Peace	Eisaku Sato	The University of Tokyo	Former Prime Minister
1973	Physics	Reona Ezaki	The 3rd Higher School / The University of Tokyo	Senior Researcher, IBM Watson Research Center
1968	Literature	Yasunari Kawabata	The University of Tokyo	Novelist
1965	Physics	Shinichiro Tomonaga	Kyoto University	Professor, Tokyo University of Education
1949	Physics	Hideki Yukawa	Kyoto University	Professor, Kyoto University