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Baseball: Amateur prospect Matsumoto

Meijo University sidearm pitcher Ryoto Matsumoto, an amateur prospect player in Japanese baseball, poses in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 5, 2023.

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Baseball: Amateur prospect Matsumoto

Meijo University sidearm pitcher Ryoto Matsumoto, an amateur prospect player in Japanese baseball, plays catch in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 5, 2023.

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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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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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Competition held to choose best sake brands

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from Japanese sake brewers Miyaizumi Meijo Co. of Fukushima Prefecture (R) and Yamawa Shuzoten Co. of Miyagi Prefecture, both northeastern Japan, hold wining plaques during an award ceremony at the 2014 Sake Competition held in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014, to choose the tastiest rice wine in the "junmai-shu" (pure sake without alcohol addition) and "junmai daiginjo-shu" (with rice polished to less than 50% of its original size) categories, respectively.

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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

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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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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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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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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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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Rampant coronavirus infections in central Japan

People play Japanese croquet at Meijo Park in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 20, 2021, wearing face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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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

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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. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Akasaki receives prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, poses for photos with his medal after the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in the Swedish capital on Dec. 10, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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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)(Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Nakamura at award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura (L front), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, receives his medal and diploma from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf during the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in the Swedish capital on Dec. 10, 2014. Two other Japan-born laureates, Isamu Akasaki (far L), a professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, and Hiroshi Amano (2nd from L), a professor at Nagoya University, stand in back. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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3 winners of Nobel Prize in Physics to attend award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Photos taken in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 10, 2014, show the three winners of the year's Nobel Prize in Physics -- (from L) Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Meijo University, Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Nagoya University, and Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara -- heading to a rehearsal for the award ceremony. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Competition held to choose best sake brands

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from Japanese sake brewers Miyaizumi Meijo Co. of Fukushima Prefecture (R) and Yamawa Shuzoten Co. of Miyagi Prefecture, both northeastern Japan, hold wining plaques during an award ceremony at the 2014 Sake Competition held in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014, to choose the tastiest rice wine in the "junmai-shu" (pure sake without alcohol addition) and "junmai daiginjo-shu" (with rice polished to less than 50% of its original size) categories, respectively. (Kyodo)

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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)(Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Nobel chemistry prize winner Yoshino

Akira Yoshino, co-winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press after giving a lecture in his class at Meijo University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 14, 2019. Yoshino won the Nobel Prize together with two other researchers for their contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel chemistry prize winner Yoshino

Akira Yoshino, co-winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press after giving a lecture in his class at Meijo University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 14, 2019. Yoshino won the Nobel Prize together with two other researchers for their contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel chemistry prize winner Yoshino

Akira Yoshino, co-winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press after giving a lecture in his class at Meijo University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 14, 2019. Yoshino won the Nobel Prize together with two other researchers for their contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel chemistry prize winner Yoshino

Akira Yoshino, co-winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry, gives a lecture in his class at Meijo University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 14, 2019. Yoshino won the Nobel Prize together with two other researchers for their contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel chemistry prize winner Yoshino

Akira Yoshino, co-winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry, gives a lecture in his class at Meijo University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 14, 2019. Yoshino won the Nobel Prize together with two other researchers for their contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel chemistry prize winner Yoshino

Akira Yoshino, co-winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry, gives a lecture in his class at Meijo University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 14, 2019. Yoshino won the Nobel Prize together with two other researchers for their contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo