(5)Koshiba, Tanaka receive Nobel prizes at awards ceremony

(5)Koshiba, Tanaka receive Nobel prizes at awards ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Masatoshi Koshiba (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, looks relaxed with his granddaughter Ami Fujii (C) and his daughter Mari Fujii at the Stockholm Concerthall on Dec. 10 after an awards ceremony. (Pool)

(1)Nobel laureate Koshiba relishes honor

(1)Nobel laureate Koshiba relishes honor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, who won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics with two American scientists, smiles as he gets words of congratulations from his wife Kyoko (R) and granddaughter Ami Fujii (C) at his residence in Tokyo late at night Oct. 8. ''My wife, daughter, granddaughter became formal all of a sudden and said, 'Congratulations.' I just said to them, 'Yeah,''' Koshiba said, smiling.

(5)Koshiba, Tanaka receive Nobel prizes at awards ceremony

(5)Koshiba, Tanaka receive Nobel prizes at awards ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Masatoshi Koshiba (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, looks relaxed with his granddaughter Ami Fujii (C) and his daughter Mari Fujii at the Stockholm Concerthall on Dec. 10 after an awards ceremony. (Pool)(Kyodo)

(1)Nobel laureate Koshiba relishes honor

(1)Nobel laureate Koshiba relishes honor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, who won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics with two American scientists, smiles as he gets words of congratulations from his wife Keiko (R) and granddaughter Ami Fujii (C) at his residence in Tokyo late at night Oct. 8. ''My wife, daughter, granddaughter became formal all of a sudden and said, 'Congratulations.' I just said to them, 'Yeah,''' Koshiba said, smiling. (Kyodo)