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Courtesy Call from Nobel Prize in Physics recipient Professor Shuji Nakamura of University of California, Santa Barbara
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Photograph of Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with Prof. Nakamura
Photograph of Prime Minister Abe receiving the courtesy call from Prof. Nakamura
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a courtesy call from Professor Shuji Nakamura of University of California, Santa Barbara, recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics, at the Prime Minister's Office.
At the opening of the meeting, the Prime Minister said the following,
“Japan has become excited again for the first time in a long time. When it comes to the Nobel Prize for Physics, there are usually many things which are difficult for us laymen to understand, but this time the prize was awarded to the approachable presence that is the LED. This prize was awarded for an invention Dr. Nakamura made when he was in Tokushima, and so I also think that this is wonderful as an example of an invention that has gone from the local regions of Japan to the world.”
