The government decided Friday to award the Order of Culture for this year to eight people, including Yomiuri Giants legend Sadaharu Oh. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/18/japan/sadaharu-oh-awards/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sadaharuoh #awards #susumukitagawa
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.

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The two Japanese winners of this year's Nobel prizes attended a reception for Swedish Crown Princess Victoria hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/japan/nobel-winners-reception-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shimonsakaguchi #susumukitagawa #nobelprize #awards
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.

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Nobel winner Kitagawa believes in ‘useful uselessness’

Susumu Kitagawa, special professor at Kyoto University, receives a bouquet of flowers from university staff in the city of Kyoto on October 9, 2025, a day after the announcement of his Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Photo: Jiji Press A metal-organic framework,…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1387608/nobel-winner-kitagawa-believes-in-useful-uselessness/ Nobel winner Kitagawa believes in ‘useful uselessness’ #Japan #JijiPress #Kyoto #KyotoNews #news #Nobel #NobelPrizeInChemistry #SusumuKitagawa #京都 #京都府 Susumu Kitagawa, special professor at Kyoto University, receives a bouquet of flowers from university staff in the city of Kyoto on October 9, 2025, a day after the announcement of his Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Photo: Jiji Press A metal-organic framework, or MOF, also known as poro

Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material

Japanese scientist Susumu Kitagawa, who shared this year’s chemistry Nobel prize with two other researchers abroad, would not have come up with an idea for a new kind of material with numerous applications had it no…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1387418/chemistry-nobel-winner-kitagawa-says-downtime-helped-him-think-up-new-material/ Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material #awards #chemistry #Kyoto #KyotoNews #news #NobelPrize #SusumuKitagawa #京都 #京都府 Japanese scientist Susumu Kitagawa, who shared this year’s chemistry Nobel prize with two other researchers abroad, would not have come up with an idea for a new kind of material with numerous applications had it not been for hours of downtime at his alma mater Kyoto University in 1989.

Japan’s Susumu Kitagawa among three chemistry Nobel winners

Susumu Kitagawa became Japan’s second Nobel winner this year on Wednesday, joining two other scientists in winning the chemistry prize for their roles in developing metal-organic frameworks. The 74-year-old Kitagawa, a distinguished professor at Kyoto Un…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1387224/japans-susumu-kitagawa-among-three-chemistry-nobel-winners/ Japan’s Susumu Kitagawa among three chemistry Nobel winners #awards #chemistry #Kyoto #KyotoNews #news #NobelPrize #SusumuKitagawa #京都 #京都府 Susumu Kitagawa became Japan’s second Nobel winner this year on Wednesday, joining two other scientists in winning the chemistry prize for their roles in developing metal-organic frameworks. The 74-year-old Kitagawa, a distinguished professor at Kyoto University, joined Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi