Nobel laureate Koshiba named honorary Suginami resident

Nobel laureate Koshiba named honorary Suginami resident

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada (L), head of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, presents an honorary resident certificate to Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, on Jan. 7. Koshiba, the first to receive such a certificate, lives in the ward with his wife Keiko.

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