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Nobel laureate Amano feted by previous Nobel winners

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano (back C), a winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, smiles as he is flanked by previous Nobel laureates -- 1987 Physiology or Medicine winner Susumu Tonegawa (back L) and 2002 Physics laureate Masatoshi Koshiba -- during an event at the Swedish ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2014.

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Scholarship fund for children affected by March 11 disaster

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Masatoshi Koshiba, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, architect Tadao Ando and Fast Retailing Co. President Tadashi Yanai attend a press conference at the education ministry in Tokyo on May 18, 2011. They and others established a scholarship foundation the same day for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Koizumi visits Kamiokande

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (seated) is briefed by Masatoshi Koshiba (L), a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, during a visit to the Kamiokande cosmic neutrino detector, located 1 kilometer underground in a mine in Kamioka, Gifu Prefecture, on Aug. 27.(Pool photo)

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Incorporating universities will affect research: Koshiba

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel laureate Masatoshi Koshiba told Kyodo News in a recent interview that research in basic science which does not reap some returns in the short term will suffer if national universities are incorporated under a proposed law.

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Nobel Prize laureate Koshiba wins gov't decoration

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize in physics co-winner Masatoshi Koshiba is all smiles while responding to questions from reporters at the Imperial Palace on May 7 after being awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from the government.

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(2)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko during an annual spring garden party they hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the left are Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko.

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(1)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko (R) during an annual spring garden party he hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the right are Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko.

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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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Nobel laureate Koshiba returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Japanese scientist Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, and his wife Kyoko arrive at Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Dec. 16 from Stockholm, where they attended the award ceremony and related events.

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Nobel laureate raps media over excessive coverage

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Nobel chemistry prize laureate Koichi Tanaka (R) speaks as Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, listens at a news conference in Stockholm on Dec. 12. Tanaka rapped the Japanese media for being inconsiderate and said the media frenzy has caused great inconvenience to the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Science.

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(1)Koshiba, Tanaka attend banquet hosted by Sweden's king

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese Nobel laureate Masatoshi Koshiba and his wife Keiko arrive at the royal palace in Stockholm on Dec. 11 to attended a banquet hosted by King Carl XVI Gustaf.

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

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Koichi Tanaka (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and his wife Yuko look at the Nobel prize medal at the Stockholm Concerthall on Dec. 10 after an awards ceremony there. Tanaka and Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of this year's physics award received their medals and citations from King Carl XVI Gustaf. (Pool photo)

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(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)

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

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Masatoshi Koshiba (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, and Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the year's chemistry award, show off their Nobel medals at the Stockholm Concerthall on Dec. 10. (Pool photo)

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

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japan's Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, receives his Nobel medal from King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10. Koshiba, 76, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, was honored for his contribution to confirming the existence of cosmic neutrinos by developing and using a gigantic underground detector called Kamiokande in Kamioka, Gifu Prefecture.

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Tanaka dismisses complaints, defends his Nobel prize+

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Masatoshi Koshiba (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, and Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, speak at a press conference at the Japanese Embassy in Stockholm on Dec. 9 prior to receiving their awards Dec. 10. Tanaka dismissed complaints from European researchers who said other researchers better deserve the prize, noting he and his team were the first to develop soft desorption ionization methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules.

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Koshiba gives speech ahead of Nobel event

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, gives a speech Dec. 8 at Stockholm University ahead of a Nobel awards ceremony Dec. 10. The 76-year-old University of Tokyo professor emeritus stressed he was able to detect cosmic neutrinos, for which he was honored, because he was well prepared.

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Nobel laureates Tanaka, Koshiba speak of life's best moment

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese Nobel prize winners Koichi Tanaka (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Masatoshi Koshiba (R), co-winner of the year's physics award, join other laureates at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to meet international news media prior on Dec. 7 to an awards ceremony Dec. 10.

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Nobel winners Koshiba, Tanaka arrive in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Masatoshi Koshiba (L) and Koichi Tanaka attend a news conference in Stockholm on Dec. 5 after arriving in the Swedish capital to receive their 2002 Nobel prizes at an awards ceremony.

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Nobel winners Koshiba, Tanaka leave for ceremony in Stockholm

NARITA, Japan - Masatoshi Koshiba (L) and Koichi Tanaka meet the press at Narita airport on Dec. 5 before leaving for Stockholm to receive their 2002 Nobel prizes at an awards ceremony.

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Hagoita reflect 2002

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo dollmaker began its annual display Dec. 4 of specially crafted Hagoita, or battledores, featuring world images from 2002. Newly designed Hagoita depict Nobel prize laureates Koichi Tanaka and Masatoshi Koshiba (L), Japanese maestro Seiji Ozawa, who became musical director of the Vienna State Opera in September (R) and free agent Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui who seeks to play in the major leagues next season.

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Nobel Prize winners call for open society for scientists

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka (L), winner for Nobel Prize in Chemistry, answers a question as Masatoshi Koshiba, winner for Nobel Prize in Physics, bursts into laughter at a working luncheon at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 31. Both voiced the need for further encouragement of scientists at work and a better verification and evaluation system.

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Nobel laureate Koshiba meets science minister

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Koshiba (L), who shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics with two Americans, shakes hands with science minister Atsuko Toyama in Tokyo on Oct. 21.

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(3)Koizumi has lunch with 2 Japanese Nobel laureates

TOKYO, Japan - Two Japanese 2002 Nobel Prize laureates -- Koichi Tanaka (L), a joint winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and Masatoshi Koshiba (R), who shared the Nobel Prize in physics -- walk out of the prime minister's office after a special congratulatory lunch with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Oct. 11.

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(1)Koizumi has lunch with 2 Japanese Nobel laureates

TOKYO, Japan - Two Japanese 2002 Nobel Prize laureates -- Masatoshi Koshiba (L) and Koichi Tanaka (R) -- talk with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the prime minister's official office in Tokyo on Oct. 11 before a special congratulatory lunch. Koshiba, 76, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics and Tanaka, 43, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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(2)Koizumi has lunch with 2 Japanese Nobel laureates

TOKYO, Japan - Two Japanese 2002 Nobel Prize laureates -- Masatoshi Koshiba (L), who shared the Nobel Prize in physics, and Koichi Tanaka (R), a joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry -- with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 11 before a special congratulatory lunch there.

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Two Nobel laureates congratulate each other

TOKYO, Japan - Two Japanese Nobel laureates, Koichi Tanaka (L) and Masatoshi Koshiba (R), congratulate each other in a telephone conversation Oct. 10.

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(3)Nobel laureate Koshiba relishes honor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, the winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, speaks to reporters on arrival at the University of Tokyo on Oct. 9.

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(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.

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(2)Nobel laureate Koshiba relishes honor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, the winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, speaks to reporters on his exhilaration outside his Tokyo residence on Oct. 9. ''I slept only four hours last night, so I'm feeling tired. But my joyous feeling is continuing,'' the 76-year-old Koshiba said.

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(3)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Koshiba, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo who was chosen as one of the three recipients of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, smiles at a press conference at the university in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Oct. 8.

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(2)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Physicist Masatoshi Koshiba (L) and his wife Kyoko watch a TV news program on his winning of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics at his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 8. Koshiba, a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, and two others have won the physics prize for their contributions to astrophysics.

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(1)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, speaks to reporters at his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 8 after being informed that he was chosen as recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Nobel Prize winners call for open society for scientists

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka (L), winner for Nobel Prize in Chemistry, answers a question as Masatoshi Koshiba, winner for Nobel Prize in Physics, bursts into laughter at a working luncheon at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 31. Both voiced the need for further encouragement of scientists at work and a better verification and evaluation system. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate raps media over excessive coverage

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Nobel chemistry prize laureate Koichi Tanaka (R) speaks as Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, listens at a news conference in Stockholm on Dec. 12. Tanaka rapped the Japanese media for being inconsiderate and said the media frenzy has caused great inconvenience to the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Science. (Kyodo)

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

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Masatoshi Koshiba (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, and Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the year's chemistry award, show off their Nobel medals at the Stockholm Concerthall on Dec. 10. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(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)

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Nobel winners Koshiba, Tanaka leave for ceremony in Stockholm

NARITA, Japan - Masatoshi Koshiba (L) and Koichi Tanaka meet the press at Narita airport on Dec. 5 before leaving for Stockholm to receive their 2002 Nobel prizes at an awards ceremony. (Kyodo)

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(3)Koizumi has lunch with 2 Japanese Nobel laureates

TOKYO, Japan - Two Japanese 2002 Nobel Prize laureates -- Koichi Tanaka (L), a joint winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and Masatoshi Koshiba (R), who shared the Nobel Prize in physics -- walk out of the prime minister's office after a special congratulatory lunch with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Oct. 11. (Kyodo)

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(2)Nobel laureate Koshiba relishes honor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, the winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, speaks to reporters on his exhilaration outside his Tokyo residence on Oct. 9. ''I slept only four hours last night, so I'm feeling tired. But my joyous feeling is continuing,'' the 76-year-old Koshiba said. (Kyodo)

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(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)

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(2)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Physicist Masatoshi Koshiba (L) and his wife Keiko watch a TV news program on his winning of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics at his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 8. Koshiba, a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, and two others have won the physics prize for their contributions to astrophysics. (Kyodo)

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Koshiba gives speech ahead of Nobel event

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, gives a speech Dec. 8 at Stockholm University ahead of a Nobel awards ceremony Dec. 10. The 76-year-old University of Tokyo professor emeritus stressed he was able to detect cosmic neutrinos, for which he was honored, because he was well prepared. (Kyodo)

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(3)Nobel laureate Koshiba relishes honor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, the winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, speaks to reporters on arrival at the University of Tokyo on Oct. 9. (Kyodo)

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(13)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Koshiba, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, was chosen as one of three recipients of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics on Oct. 8. Koshiba's family members -- daughter Mari Fuji (L), Koshiba's wife Keiko (C), and granddaughter Ami Fuji (R), pose for photographers after Koshiba won the prize. (Kyodo)

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(6)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Koshiba, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo who was chosen as one of the three recipients of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, smiles at a press conference at the university in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Oct. 8. (Kyodo)

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(9)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba (R), a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, speaks to reporters at his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 8 after being informed that he was chosen as recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics. (Kyodo)

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(12)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Koshiba (R), professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo who was chosen as one of the three recipients of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, and Leo Esaki, the 1973 Nobel physics prize laureate, speak at a press conference at the University of Tokyo on Oct. 8. (Kyodo)

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(5)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Koshiba, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo who was chosen as one of the three recipients of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, smiles at a press conference at the university in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Oct. 8. (Kyodo)

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(10)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Koshiba (R), professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo who was chosen as one of the three recipients of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, shakes hands with Leo Esaki, the 1973 Nobel physics prize laureate, at a press conference at the University of Tokyo on Oct. 8. (Kyodo)