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Japanese athlete Akira Akasaki

Japanese athlete Akira Akasaki speaks at a press conference in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Aug. 19, 2024, after he finished sixth in the men's marathon at the Paris Olympics.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Akira Akasaki competes in the men's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, in the French capital.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Akira Akasaki crosses the finish line in sixth place in the men's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, in the French capital.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Akira Akasaki crosses the finish line in sixth place in the men's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, in the French capital.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Akira Akasaki crosses the finish line in sixth place in the men's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, in the French capital.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Akira Akasaki crosses the finish line in sixth place in the men's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, in the French capital.

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Athletics: Marathon Grand Championship

Akira Akasaki finishes second in the Marathon Grand Championship men's race at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2023, securing his spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Athletics: Marathon Grand Championship

Photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023, shows Japanese athletes (from L) Naoki Koyama, Akira Akasaki, Yuka Suzuki and Mao Ichiyama at the Marathon Grand Championship in Tokyo. They earned tickets for Japan to the 2024 Paris Olympics by finishing either first or second in the marathon race.

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Athletics: Marathon Grand Championship

Photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023, shows Japanese athletes (from L, top, clockwise) Naoki Koyama, Yuka Suzuki, Mao Ichiyama and Akira Akasaki at the Marathon Grand Championship in Tokyo. They earned tickets for Japan to the 2024 Paris Olympics by finishing either first or second in the marathon race.

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3 Japan-born Nobel laureates receive prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Nagoya University, and Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, pose for photos with their medals after the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in the Swedish capital on Dec. 10, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nobel laureate Akasaki at dinner after award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Meijo Univerity professor Isamu Akasaki (extreme R) attends a banquet with his wife Ryoko (front L) after receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics in the Stockholm Concert Hall in the Swedish capital on Dec. 10, 2014.

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Nagoya landmarks lit by blue LEDs to hail Nobel prize

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya TV Tower and the Oasis 21 complex (foreground) are illuminated in blue with light-emitting diodes in Nagoya on Dec. 10, 2014, in celebration of the winning of the Nobel Prize in Physics by Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano and Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki for inventing the blue LED. Both universities are located in the central Japan city. Another Japanese scientist, University of California professor Shuji Nakamura, also shared the honor for the same invention.

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Fixer helps Nobel laureate in blue LED invention

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Akio Ishida, a senior researcher at the Japan Science and Technology Agency, speaks after listening to commemorative lectures by three Japanese winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm on Dec. 8, 2014. Ishida played a leading role in linking the work of Isamu Akasaki, one of the three Nobel laureates and the world's first inventor of a blue light-emitting diode, with LED manufacturers.

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3 Nobel laureates get ready for award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, and Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, shake hands during a press conference on Dec. 8, 2014, in Stockholm, Sweden, prior to the award ceremony for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics on Dec. 10.

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3 Nobel laureates get ready for award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, and Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, attend a press conference on Dec. 8, 2014, in Stockholm, Sweden, prior to the award ceremony for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics on Dec. 10.

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Nobel laureate Akasaki returns home

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Akasaki, a Meijo University professor who shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, shows off the Nobel medal at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014, after returning from Stockholm, where he attended the award ceremony. He said the Nobel medal is "heavy."

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Nobel laureate Akasaki returns home

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Akasaki, a Meijo University professor who shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014, after returning from Stockholm, where he attended the award ceremony. He said the Nobel medal is "heavy."

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3 Nobel laureates make commemorative speeches

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From R) Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, and Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, receive applause after making commemorative speeches for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Akasaki makes speech in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University and one of three scientists awarded the year's Nobel Prize in Physics, makes a commemorative speech in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Nobel laureates meet the press prior to award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura (R), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano (2nd from R), a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, attend an official press conference with other 2014 Nobel Prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony. Nakamura and Amano, along with Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki, who did not attend the press conference, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing and developing the blue light-emitting diode.

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Nobel laureates meet the press prior to award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura (R), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, share a lighthearted moment during a press conference with other 2014 Nobel Prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony. Nakamura and Amano, along with Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing and developing the blue light-emitting diode.

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Nobel winners Amano, Akasaki show blue LEDs

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Amano (R) and Isamu Akasaki, winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014, show blue light-emitting diodes at a press conference held at Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan, on Oct. 10, 2014. Akasaki, Amano and Shuji Nakamura won the prize for the invention of efficient blue LEDs.

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Nobel laureates Akasaki, Amano attend press conference

NAGOYA, Japan - Nobel laureates Hiroshi Amano (L) and Isamu Akasaki shake hands on Oct. 10, 2014, at Nagoya University in the central Japan city of Nagoya prior to their joint press conference. The two won the Nobel Prize in Physics together with another researcher for inventing blue light-emitting diodes.

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Nobel laureates Akasaki, Amano attend press conference

NAGOYA, Japan - Nobel laureates Hiroshi Amano (R) and Isamu Akasaki show blue light-emitting diodes during their joint press conference at Nagoya University in the central Japan city of Nagoya on Oct. 10, 2014. The two won the Nobel Prize in Physics together with another researcher for inventing the blue LED.

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Nagoya Univ. celebrates Nobel Prize selection

NAGOYA, Japan - Michinari Hamaguchi (C), president of Nagoya University, and researchers are joyous at a press conference in Nagoya on Oct. 7, 2014, following the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' selection of Hiroshi Amano and Isamu Akasaki, current and former professor of the university, as winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014 along with Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

LOS ANGELES, United States - Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, holds a blue light-emitting diode at the university on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University, and Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

OSAKA, Japan - Newspaper extra editions, reporting the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 to two Japanese and a Japanese-born American physicists, are handed out to passers-by in Osaka's Namba district on Oct. 7, 2014. Two Japanese physicists -- Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano -- and Japanese-born American Shuji Nakamura were awarded the prize for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

LOS ANGELES, United States - Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, meets the press at the university on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University, and Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University.

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PM Abe congratulates Nobel Prize winner Akasaki

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers congratulations over the phone to Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University, who was announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue LEDs with two other scientists, in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

NAGOYA, Japan - Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University, receives flowers from members of his laboratory at the university in Nagoya on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University students, surrounding a life-size cutout of professor Hiroshi Amano, celebrate at the university on Oct. 7, 2014, after Amano was jointly awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University.

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Nobel laureate Akasaki back in 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Akasaki (C), professor emeritus at Nagoya University, central Japan, poses for photos in October 2006 in front of a large light-emitting diode display at Akasaki Memorial Research Center at the university in Nagoya. Akasaki was announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue LEDs with two other scientists in October 2014.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

NAGOYA, Japan - Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University, holds a press conference at the university in Nagoya on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows (from L) Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, and Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University, who were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 on Oct. 7, 2014, for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes. Akasaki and Amano are Japanese and Nakamura is a Japanese-born American.

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World's oldest woman honored by Kagoshima city

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (C), a 114-year-old Japanese woman who became the world's oldest person in March, receives a certificate of honorary citizenship from Kagoshima Mayor Yoshinori Akasaki at an award ceremony in a school gymnasium close to her home in the town of Tamasato on April 14. Around 1,300 people who attended the ceremony cheered for Hongo and she responded with a smile.

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Japanese Nobel laureate Isamu Akasaki, inventor of blue LED, dies

Japanese physicist Isamu Akasaki, a co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics for inventing the world's first efficient blue light-emitting diodes, has died, Meijo University said Friday. He was 92.

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Nobel Prize-winning scientists tell young people to seek challenges

Combined photo shows Nobel Prize-winning Japanese scientists Shinya Yamanaka (L) and Isamu Akasaki holding talks in front of the audience in Nagoya on Jan. 9, 2016. They encouraged young people to experience many things without worrying about mistakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel Prize-winning scientists tell young people to seek challenges

Nobel Prize-winning Japanese scientists Shinya Yamanaka (L) and Isamu Akasaki hold talks in front of an audience in Nagoya on Jan. 9, 2016. They encouraged young people to experience many things without worrying about mistakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress meet Nobel laureates Akasaki, Amano in Nagoya

Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from R) listen to explanations by Nobel Prize laureates Hiroshi Amano (far L) and Isamu Akasaki (far R) while observing their Nobel medals during a visit to the Akasaki Institute at Nagoya University in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 26, 2015. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Akasaki honored by Kagoshima Prefecture

Isamu Akasaki (L), one of the 2014 Nobel physics prize winners behind the invention of energy-efficient blue light-emitting diodes, receives his honorary citizen certificate from Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito at the prefectural government office in Kagoshima on June 25, 2015. Akasaki hails from the southwestern Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Akasaki honored by alma mater Kyoto Univ.

Isamu Akasaki, one of the 2014 Nobel physics prize winners behind the invention of energy-efficient blue light-emitting diodes, receives an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Kyoto University, in the western Japanese city on May 15, 2015. Akasaki graduated from the university's science department in 1952. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress meet with Nobel laureate in physics

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko meet with Isamu Akasaki (5th from R on front row), a winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, during the spring imperial garden party in Tokyo on April 21, 2015. Akasaki, a professor at Meijo University, first developed blue light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor meets with Nobel laureate in physics

Emperor Akihito meets with Hiroshi Amano (2nd from R), a 2014 Nobel laureate in physics, during the spring imperial garden party in Tokyo on April 21, 2015. Amano, a Nagoya University professor, together with Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Meijo University, created the world's first blue light-emitting diodes, or LED. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial family attends garden party

Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and their sons -- Crown Prince Naruhito and Prince Akishino -- attend the spring imperial garden party in Tokyo on April 21, 2015. Around 1,800 guests, including 2014 Nobel laureates in physics Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, attended it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osprey comes to Nagasaki for 1st time

Two MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft stop at the U.S. Navy's Akasaki fueling station in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, for the first time on March 23, 2015. About 40 local residents staged a rally amid safety concerns about the tilt-rotor plane, which has been involved in a series of crashes overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2014 Nobel physics laureates attend academic conference in Japan

The three Japanese academics who jointly received the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) sit at a meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics held at Tokai University in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on March 13, 2015. The scientists are (from R) Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki, Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano and professor Shuji Nakamura of the University of California, Santa Barbara. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Akasaki meets Education Minister Shimomura

Isamu Akasaki (L), one of the three Nobel Physics Prize winners in 2014, pays a courtesy call on Education Minister Hakubun Shimomura at the latter's office in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2015, showing his Nobel award medal. Akasaki, lifelong professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, central Japan, said he did not think at the beginning he would succeed in his research, which eventually led to the invention of blue light-emitting diodes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Nobel laureate Isamu Akasaki dies

Photo taken in December 2014 shows Japanese physicist Isamu Akasaki holding his Novel Prize medal in physics after jointly winning it for inventing the world's first efficient blue light-emitting diodes. He died on April 1, 2021 at the age of 92.

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Japanese Nobel laureate Isamu Akasaki dies

Photo taken in March 2015 shows Japanese physicist Isamu Akasaki, a co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics for inventing the world's first efficient blue light-emitting diodes. He died on April 1, 2021 at the age of 92.

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Nobel laureates Akasaki, Amano honored by Aichi Prefecture

Isamu Akasaki (L) and Hiroshi Amano, two of the 2014 Nobel physics prize winners behind the invention of energy-efficient blue light-emitting diodes, show off their honorary citizen medals from the Aichi prefectural government after a presentation ceremony in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 11, 2015. Akasaki is a professor emeritus at Meijo University and Amano is a professor at Nagoya University, both in the Aichi capital city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo