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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.

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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.

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[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)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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G-7 transport ministers' meeting

Japanese transport minister Tetsuo Saito (C) speaks during a meeting of private companies and research institutes held on the sidelines of the second day of a three-day meeting of the transport ministers of the Group of Seven countries in Shima in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on June 17, 2023.

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Emperor, empress visit children's hospital in Toronto

TORONTO, Canada - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L in 2nd row) and Empress Michiko visit the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, one of Canada's largest research institutes, on July 9. The imperial couple are visiting Canada to mark the 80th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Japan and Canada. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Deeper ties to academia needed on antimissile system: Ishiba

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba answers questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Feb. 18. He said the Japanese government should work with university-based research institutes on the missile shield project it is pursuing with the United States.

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World Congress on High Speed Rail held in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses the opening ceremony of the 9th World Congress on High Speed Rail in Tokyo on July 7, 2015. More than 1,000 people from governments, railway companies and research institutes around the world are taking part in the four-day conference hosted by the International Union of Railways. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Congress on High Speed Rail held in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses the opening ceremony of the 9th World Congress on High Speed Rail in Tokyo on July 7, 2015. More than 1,000 people from governments, railway companies and research institutes around the world are taking part in the four-day conference hosted by the International Union of Railways. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit children's hospital in Toronto

TORONTO, Canada - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L in 2nd row) and Empress Michiko visit the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, one of Canada's largest research institutes, on July 9. The imperial couple are visiting Canada to mark the 80th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Japan and Canada. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Japan makers agree to co-develop new cancer radiotherapy device

Photo taken Dec. 13, 2016, shows a small model of a new heavy ion cancer treatment device to be developed by four major Japanese manufacturers and a research institute. Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Toshiba Corp. and Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. as well as the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology agreed that day to share research costs to develop the device in 10 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Deeper ties to academia needed on antimissile system: Ishiba

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba answers questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Feb. 18. He said the Japanese government should work with university-based research institutes on the missile shield project it is pursuing with the United States. (Kyodo)