Masatoshi KOSHIBA (Senior Counselor of International Center for Elementary Particle Physics and Emeritus Professor of University of Tokyo) has won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2002.
We were informed from the ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE on 8th October
that they would confer the Nobel Prize in Physics 2002 on
Dr. Masatoshi KOSHIBA (Senior Counselor of ICEPP and Emeritus Professor of
University of Tokyo). The reason behind his receiving the Nobel Prize
is "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular
for the detection of cosmic neutrinos".
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Emeritus Professor Masatoshi KOSHIBA is receiving
a conglatulatory call
from the Prime Minister of
JAPAN, Junichi KOIZUMI, on 9th October.
Masatoshi Koshiba, Emeritus Professor of University of Tokyo
International Center for Elementary Particle Physics
University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0033, JAPAN
(tel)+81-3-3815-8384 (fax) +81-3-3814-8806
hisho@icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp