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Swedish Olympic Committee Chairman Hans von Uthmann

Hans von Uthmann, Swedish Olympic committee Chairman, gives an interview in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 21, 2023.

Japanese novelist Kawabata

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (far R), winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, poses for a photo at the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 1968.

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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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Fixer helps Nobel laureate in blue LED invention

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Akio Ishida, a senior researcher at the Japan Science and Technology Agency, speaks after listening to commemorative lectures by three Japanese winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm on Dec. 8, 2014. Ishida played a leading role in linking the work of Isamu Akasaki, one of the three Nobel laureates and the world's first inventor of a blue light-emitting diode, with LED manufacturers.

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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 Amano shows certificate upon return home

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three Japanese physicists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, shows his certificate at a press conference at Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014, upon returning home from an award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano, who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds his Nobel Prize medal as he arrived at the Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokonome on Dec. 16, 2014, from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."

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Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano (L), who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds up the Nobel Prize medal in his left hand and a medal made from chocolate in his right, while his wife Kasumi holds the Nobel Prize diploma, at Chubu Centrair International Airport in central Japan on Dec. 16, 2014, upon arrival from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."

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Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano (L), who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, and his wife Kasumi arrive at Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokonome on Dec. 16, 2014, from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."

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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 Nakamura makes speech in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and one of three scientists awarded this 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 laureate Amano makes speech in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya 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 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 laureate Amano in Stockholm for ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University and one of the three winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, gives an interview with Kyodo News at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, ahead of the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Close-up view of Nobel Prize medal being made

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A close-up view of a Nobel Prize medal being made at Svenska Medalj AB in Eskilstuna, southern Sweden, in November 2014, for the Dec. 10 award ceremony in Stockholm.

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Nobel Prize medal being minted for award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Nobel Prize medal is minted at Svenska Medalj AB in Eskilstuna, southern Sweden, in November 2014, for the Dec. 10 award ceremony in Stockholm.

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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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Nobel laureates Amano, Nakamura donate items to Nobel Museum

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Items donated by two Japan-born winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics are seen at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm on Dec. 6, 2014. At front are experimental tools used by Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Nagoya University, while donations by Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, are shown in back.

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Nobel laureate Nakamura arrives in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, arrives in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 4, 2014, to attend the Dec. 10 award ceremony. The professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will also give a speech in the Swedish capital.

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N. Korean envoy positive about visiting Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, is seen in this undated photo. He showed a positive attitude toward visiting Japan as he spoke to reporters in Beijing on June 2, 2014, on his way home from recent negotiations with Japan in Stockholm, Sweden.

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N. Korea envoy after talks with Japan

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, speaks to reporters on May 30, 2014, at Beijing airport en route from Stockholm, Sweden, where he held talks with Japanese officials.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, speaks to reporters on May 30, 2014, at Beijing airport en route from Stockholm, Sweden, where he held talks with Japanese officials.

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Japan, N. Korea envoys mull abduction issue in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara (extreme R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho (L), North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, meet in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014, to discuss the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents.

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Japan, N. Korea envoys exchange views at Stockholm meet

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, exchange views during their meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014.

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Japan, N. Korea delegates meet reporters after 3-day talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, speak to reporters separately in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 28, 2014, after three days of negotiations.

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Abductee kin laments lack of progress in Japan-N. Korea talks

SAITAMA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, who heads a group of family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents, laments on the lack of progress over the abduction issue as he speaks in Kasukabe, north of Tokyo, on May 28, 2014, after three days of negotiations between Japan and North Korea in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, meets reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, after the second day of talks with North Korea on May 27, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, after the second day of talks with North Korea on May 27, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Ryu Song Il, chief of the Japanese affairs section at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, is surrounded by reporters before the second day of talks with Japan in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 27, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, heads for a meeting with Japan in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014, the first day of negotiations.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, answers reporters' questions in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014, after the first day of negotiations with North Korea.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara (far R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho (far L), North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, hold a meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Combined photo shows Junichi Ihara (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, during their meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, head for their meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at an airport in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 25, 2014, for talks with North Korea.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, arrives at an airport in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 25, 2014, for talks with Japan.

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'Shibori' tie-dye exhibition begins in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - An exhibition of art pieces created by Swedish artists using Japan's "shibori" tie-dye method begins at an art college in Stockholm on March 20, 2014.

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Mishima as Nobel candidate

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - File photo shows Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The Nobel Prize website disclosed information on the selection of the 1963 Nobel Prize for literature on Jan. 2, 2014, including the names of Mishima and other candidates.

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Mishima as Nobel candidate

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Photo shows the name of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima on the list of candidates for the 1963 Nobel Prize for literature in a document of the Sweden Academy, as it was disclosed to Kyodo News. The Nobel Prize website disclosed information on the selection of the 1963 literature prize on Jan. 2, 2014, including the names of Mishima and other candidates.

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Nobel Prize in physics

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Peter Higgs (L), professor emeritus at the University of Edinburgh in Britain, and Francois Englert, professor emeritus at Universite Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium, hold a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2013. The pair won the Nobel Prize in physics for 2013 for their theory of how particles acquire mass, leading to the discovery of the so-called Higgs particle.

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Nobel Prize in physics

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Francois Englert, professor emeritus at Universite Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium, is interviewed at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2013. Englert and Peter Higgs, professor emeritus at the University of Edinburgh in Britain, won the Nobel Prize in physics for 2013 for their theory of how particles acquire mass, leading to the discovery of the so-called Higgs particle.

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Nobel Prize in physics

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Peter Higgs (L), professor emeritus at the University of Edinburgh in Britain, and Francois Englert, professor emeritus at Universite Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium, are pictured before holding a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2013. The pair won the Nobel Prize in physics for 2013 for their theory of how particles acquire mass, leading to the discovery of the so-called Higgs particle.

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Sweden immigrant area

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Photo dated May 31, 2013, shows the Rinkeby suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Rioting occurred in the immigrant-dominated area earlier that month.

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Abba museum in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A May 6, 2013, photo shows displays of a museum featuring the former Swedish pop band Abba. The facility opened in Stockholm on May 7.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2012, shows the medal, exhibited at the city hall of Stockholm, which Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, a co-recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, received at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in the city the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2012, shows the medal and diploma, exhibited at the city hall of Stockholm, which Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, a co-recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, received at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in the city the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka (L), a co-recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, receives his prize from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)