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Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Reona Aoki competes in the women's 200-meter breaststroke final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Reona Aoki (R) of Japan and compatriot Satomi Suzuki pose for photos after winning gold and silver, respectively, in the women's 100-meter breaststroke event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 27, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Reona Aoki (R) of Japan and compatriot Satomi Suzuki pose for photos after winning gold and silver, respectively, in the women's 100-meter breaststroke event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 27, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Reona Aoki of Japan celebrates after winning gold in the women's 100-meter breaststroke event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 27, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Reona Aoki of Japan swims to a win in the women's 100-meter breaststroke final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 27, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Reona Aoki of Japan reacts after winning the women's 100-meter breaststroke final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 27, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230927) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Aoki Reona of Japan celebrates winning the Women's 100m Breaststroke of Swimming at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230927) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Aoki Reona (C) of Japan, silver medalist Suzuki Satomi (L) of Japan, bronze medalist Yang Chang of China attend the awarding ceremony for the Women's 100m Breaststroke Final of Swimming at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Asian Games: Swimming

Reona Aoki of Japan swims en route to winning the women's 100-meter breaststroke final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 27, 2023.

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Gov't plan to cut tech budget sparks criticism from scientists

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Reona Esaki, the 1973 Nobel laureate in physics, Susumu Tonegawa, the 1987 Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine, Shigefumi Mori, the 1990 winner of the Fields Medal, Ryoji Noyori, the 2001 Nobel laureate in chemistry, and Makoto Kobayashi, the 2008 Nobel laureate in physics, hold a joint news conference at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2009. They severely criticized a government body's recent instruction to slash science and technology-related budget allocations.

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Panel calls on gov't to revise 1947 education law

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) receives a report from Reona (Leo) Esaki, chairman of the National Commission on Educational Reform, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 22. The report says the government should break a long-standing taboo and carry out a major revision of the 1947 Fundamental Law of Education to enable it to meet current needs.

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Obuchi resolved to review postwar education

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (standing) speaks at the first meeting of his advisory panel on education reform at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on March 27. He expressed his resolve to review the country's postwar education model. The 26-member panel, headed by Nobel Physics Prize laureate and former Tsukuba University President Reona (Leo) Esaki (front R), is expected to meet twice a month and compile a final report a year later.

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Swimming: Time trials for Olympics

Reona Aoki swims in the women's 100-meter breaststroke at the time trials in Nagano, central Japan, on June 26, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate Esaki unveils winners of 2014 Esaki award

TOKYO, Japan - Reona Esaki, joint winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics, announces this year's awardees of a prize named after him at a press conference in Tsukuba, northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 2, 2014. Esaki is flanked by two other Japanese Nobel laureates in physics, Masatoshi Koshiba (L) and Makoto Kobayashi, who won the prize in 2002 and 2008, respectively.

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Swim suits for Tokyo Olympics season

Competitive swimmers (from L) Reona Aoki, Ippei Watanabe and Yui Ohashi pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2019, wearing swim suits to be used during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics season. The swim suits, developed by sport goods maker Mizuno Corp., weigh about 20 percent less than conventional suits. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't plan to cut tech budget sparks criticism from scientists

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Reona Esaki, the 1973 Nobel laureate in physics, Susumu Tonegawa, the 1987 Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine, Shigefumi Mori, the 1990 winner of the Fields Medal, Ryoji Noyori, the 2001 Nobel laureate in chemistry, and Makoto Kobayashi, the 2008 Nobel laureate in physics, hold a joint news conference at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2009. They severely criticized a government body's recent instruction to slash science and technology-related budget allocations. (Kyodo)

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Panel calls on gov't to revise 1947 education law

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) receives a report from Reona (Leo) Esaki, chairman of the National Commission on Educational Reform, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 22. The report says the government should break a long-standing taboo and carry out a major revision of the 1947 Fundamental Law of Education to enable it to meet current needs.

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Panel calls for community service for students

TOKYO, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Nobel Physics Prize laureate Reona (Leo) Esaki (R), head of the National Commission on Educational Reform, hands Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori his panel's interim report Sept. 22. The report said the nation's school curricula should require all elementary, junior high and senior high school students to take part in community service to nurture their sense of self-reliance and civic spirit.

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Esaki talks with Obuchi on education reform

TOKYO, Japan - Reona (Leo) Esaki (L), a Nobel Physics Prize winner and a former president of the state-run Tsukuba University, talks with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi at the premier's official residence March 23. Obuchi has named Esaki to head his advisory panel on education reform. The panel's other members include Olympic gold medalist Yasuhiro Yamashita and Tama University President Gregory Clark.

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MITI establishes forum to nurture entrepreneurs

TOKYO, Japan - International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (L) and Nobel Physics Prize winner Reona (Leo) Esaki hold a board inscribed with the name and logo of a just-established national forum aiming to nurture Japanese entrepreneurs, at a Tokyo meeting of its senior officials March 17. Local businesspeople and newspapers will be invited as regional organizers and sponsors of the forum's symposiums so their ideas and experiences can be shared.

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Esaki eyes 'custom-made' education

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Physics Prize winner Reona (Leo) Esaki, who will head a new government education reform panel, says he will aim to create a ''custom-made'' education system to meet the needs of different students. ''There are ready-made clothes and custom-made clothes, but people look better in outfits tailored to fit their needs,'' he told Kyodo News in an interview March 10.

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Nobel laureate Esaki to head education reform panel

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Physics Prize winner Reona Esaki, whom Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi has decided to appoint as head of his advisory panel on education reform, is shown in this file photo. The decision was revealed March 9. Esaki, 74, a former president of Tsukuba University, has accepted Obuchi's offer. The panel will be launched later this month.