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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 8, 2016
Kikuchi, Maru lead Golden Glove winners
Hiroshima Carp second baseman Ryosuke Kikuchi and outfielder Yoshihiro Maru each made it four Golden Gloves in four years as the recipients of Japanese baseball's top defensive honor, the Mitsui Golden Glove Award, were revealed on Tuesday.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Oct 31, 2016
Let's discuss Kaori Icho's People's Honor Award
Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Kaori Icho was recently awarded the People's Honor Award.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Oct 24, 2016
Tokyo cell scientist gets Nobel prize
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for explaining the processes whereby proteins are degraded and recycled.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Oct 24, 2016
Let's discuss Ohsumi's medicine Nobel prize
Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the Nobel for unlocking key mysteries of autophagy, the process by which cells in animals and plants get rid of damaged proteins.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 23, 2016
Swedish Academy says it's up to Dylan if he wants to come to receive Nobel Prize
The committee that awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to Bob Dylan said on Saturday it was up to the American singer-songwriter whether to attend the prize-giving ceremony later this year or not.
WORLD
Oct 22, 2016
Czech president accused of denying medal to Holocaust survivor who met Dalai Lama
Czech President Milos Zeman has decided against awarding a state medal to a Holocaust survivor whose nephew, a government minister, met exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama against the president's wishes, the minister said on Friday.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2016
Three British scientists win Nobel Prize for physics
Three British scientists behind groundbreaking research into exotic matter in the quantum world were on Tuesday jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2016
Nobel winner Yoshinori Ohsumi urges investment in science
When microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi told his wife, Mariko, that he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday evening, she didn't believe him.
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WORLD
Oct 3, 2016
Japanese microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel in medicine for autophagy research
Japanese microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi on Monday won the 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his work on cell autophagy, a process that helps the body remove unwanted proteins.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2016
Prize for 'outstanding African leadership' again finds no winner
Organizers of a $5 million prize for former African leaders that aims to shine a spotlight on democracy and outstanding leadership has again failed to find a winner after no one met the criteria.
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JAPAN
May 14, 2016
Naturalist C.W. Nicol wins Green Culture Prize for forestry efforts
Nagano naturalist C.W. Nicol has been named co-winner of the Green Culture Prize for his outstanding work on woodlands restoration.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 7, 2016
Nobel laureates visit North Korea, meet with students at elite Pyongyang universities
A group of Nobel laureates visited sanctions-bound North Korea over the last week despite objections from South Korea, saying they wanted to extend an olive branch by bringing nonpolitical, academic diplomacy to the isolated nuclear-armed state.
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CULTURE
Apr 24, 2016
'Cool Japan' needs to listen to its target market
As far as awards ceremonies go, the Sugoi Japan Awards were a fairly flashy affair. Held on March 22, the prizes recognized recent titles in anime, manga and fiction that an online poll of Japanese fans wanted to do well overseas.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 4, 2016
Film depicting China's shadow over Hong Kong wins top Asian movie award
A Hong Kong film portraying a dystopian future under Chinese Communist Party rule won one of Asia's top film awards Sunday at a time when Beijing's attempts to rein in the city's democratic development have stoked growing political tensions.

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