Novel laureate Kitagawa at press conference

Novel laureate Kitagawa at press conference

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, speaks during a press conference at the state-run college in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 19, 2025, following the university having been selected as a candidate for significant government grants at elevating Japanese research institutes to the top of global rankings.

Novel laureate Kitagawa at press conference

Novel laureate Kitagawa at press conference

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, speaks during a press conference at the state-run college in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 19, 2025, following the university having been selected as a candidate for significant government grants at elevating Japanese research institutes to the top of global rankings.

[Breaking News]Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Tohoku University President Teiji Tominaga holds a press conference in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 14, 2024, following the central government's decision to make the state-run university the only candidate for receiving substantial research grants under a program aimed at elevating Japanese research institutes in the global rankings.(Kyodo)

Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Photo taken on June 14, 2024, shows Tohoku University's Katahira campus in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, following the central government's decision to make the state-run university the only candidate for receiving substantial research grants under a program aimed at elevating Japanese research institutes in the global rankings.

Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Tohoku University President Teiji Tominaga holds a press conference in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 14, 2024, following the central government's decision to make the state-run university the only candidate for receiving substantial research grants under a program aimed at elevating Japanese research institutes in the global rankings.

Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Tohoku University President Teiji Tominaga holds a press conference in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 14, 2024, following the central government's decision to make the state-run university the only candidate for receiving substantial research grants under a program aimed at elevating Japanese research institutes in the global rankings.

Learning the Singapore way of topping global education rankings

Learning the Singapore way of topping global education rankings

Photo dated Dec. 9, 2016, shows professor Toh Tin Lam (L) at Singapore's National Institute of Education with innovative learning materials used to teach math in schools. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo