Japan
- Shinya Yamanaka, Physiology or Medicine, 2012
- Ei-ichi Negishi*, Chemistry, 2010
- Akira Suzuki, Chemistry, 2010
- Osamu Shimomura*, Chemistry, 2008
- Makoto Kobayashi, Physics, 2008
- Toshihide Maskawa, Physics, 2008
- Yoichiro Nambu*, Physics, 2008
- Masatoshi Koshiba, Physics, 2002
- Koichi Tanaka, Chemistry, 2002
- Ryōji Noyori, Chemistry, 2001
- Hideki Shirakawa, Chemistry, 2000
- Kenzaburō Ōe, Literature, 1994
- Susumu Tonegawa, Physiology or Medicine, 1987
- Charles J. Pedersen*, Chemistry, 1987
- Kenichi Fukui, Chemistry, 1981
- Eisaku Satō, Peace, 1974
- Leo Esaki, Physics, 1973
- Yasunari Kawabata, Literature, 1968
- Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Physics, 1965
- Hideki Yukawa, Physics, 1949
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