Japan’s 10 Nobel Laureates

Japan has high quality people in the sciences, which is where most of the Nobel Laureates excelled.

1949 – Yukawa Hideki for his Study of Meson Theory. It was also the first such prize for a Japanese after their defeat in the war. Imagine the pride he gave to his country.

1965- Tomonaga Shinichiro – physics

1973 – Esaki Reona – physics

1981 – Fukui Kenichi – chemistry

1987 – Tonegawa Susumu – physiology and medicine

2000 – Shirakawa Hideki – chemistry

2002 – Ryoji Noyori – chemistry

2002 – Koshiba Masatoshi – chemistry

2002 – Tanaka Koichi – chemistry – a man with a simple personality who won the hearts of the Japanese

Outside of science –

1974 – Former Prime Minister Sato Eisaku – Peace Prize

1968 – Kawabata Yasunari – literature

1994 – Oe Kenzaburo – literature

So, which country has the most Nobel Laureates?

Answer: the United States has more Nobel Laureates than all the rest of the world combined.

Is it because the U.S. is great or because people can do great things there?