Head of Nobel prize-linked Hamamatsu Photonics meets press

Akira Hiruma, president of Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., speaks to reporters in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 7, 2015, after the selection of Japanese scientist Takaaki Kajita as a joint winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Arthur McDonald of Canada. On his left is a sample of photomultipliers produced by the company for use in studies on neutrino oscillations by Kajita and his fellow researchers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo