!!!Japan: Culture $$$$11 !!World Heritage * [Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/660] * [Himeji-jo|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/661] * [Shirakami-Sanchi|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/663] * [Yakushima|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/662] * [Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/688] * [Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/734] * [Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/775] * [Itsukushima Shinto Shrine|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/776] * [Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/870] * [Shrines and Temples of Nikko|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/913] * [Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/972] * [Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1142] * [Shiretoko|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1193] * [Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1246] * [Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1277] * [Ogasawara Islands|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1362] * [Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1418] * [Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1449] $$$$12 $$$$21 !!Nobel Prize Winners (28) Here persons are counted for the country they born in or if their affiliation is with this country. %%sortable ||Name||Category||Year||Motivation | [Isamu Akasaki|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2014/akasaki/facts]|Physics|2014|"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources" | [Hiroshi Amano|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2014/amano/facts]|Physics|2014|"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources" | [Leo Esaki|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1973/esaki/facts]|Physics|1973|"for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively" | [Kenichi Fukui|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1981/fukui/facts]|Chemistry|1981|"for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions" |[Tasuku Honjo|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2018/honjo/facts]|Medicine|2018|Research on cancer therapy by inhibiting negative immune reactions | [Kazuo Ishiguro|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2017/ishiguro-facts/facts]|Literature|2017|"who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world" | [Takaaki Kajita|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2015/kajita-facts/facts]|Physics|2015|"for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass" | [Yasunari Kawabata|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1968/kawabata/facts]|Literature|1968|"for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind" | [Makoto Kobayashi|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2008/kobayashi/facts]|Physics|2008|"for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature" | [Syukuro Manabe|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2021/manabe/facts] |Physics|2021|"for the physical modelling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming." | [Masatoshi Koshiba|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2002/koshiba/facts]|Physics|2002|"for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos" | [Toshihide Maskawa|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2008/maskawa/facts]|Physics|2008|"for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature" | [Shuji Nakamura|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2014/nakamura/facts]|Physics|2014|"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources" | [Yoichiro Nambu|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2008/nambu/facts]|Physics|2008|"for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics" | [Ryoji Noyori|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2001/noyori/facts]|Chemistry|2001|"for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions" | [Kenzaburo Oe|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1994/oe/facts]|Literature|1994|"who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today" | [Yoshinori Ohsumi|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2016/ohsumi-facts/facts]|Medicine|2016|"for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy" | [Satoshi Ōmura|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2015/omura-facts/facts]|Medicine|2015|"for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites" | [Eisaku Sato|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1974/sato/facts]|Peace|1974| | [Osamu Shimomura|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2008/shimomura/facts]|Chemistry|2008|"for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP" | [Hideki Shirakawa|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2000/shirakawa/facts]|Chemistry|2000|"for the discovery and development of conductive polymers" | [Akira Suzuki|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2010/suzuki/facts]|Chemistry|2010|"for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis" | [Koichi Tanaka|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2002/tanaka/facts]|Chemistry|2002|"for their development of soft desorption ionisation methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules" | [Sin-Itiro Tomonaga|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1965/tomonaga/facts]|Physics|1965|"for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles" | [Susumu Tonegawa|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1987/tonegawa/facts]|Medicine|1987|"for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity" | [Shinya Yamanaka|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2012/yamanaka/facts]|Medicine|2012|"for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent" |[Akira Yoshino|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/yoshino/facts]|Chemistry|2019|inventor of lithium-ion batteries | [Hideki Yukawa|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1949/yukawa/facts]|Physics|1949|"for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces" %% $$$$22 $$$$51 $$$$52