{
  "id": 12530583,
  "title": "Japanese Professors Welcome Nobel Prize for IceCube Project Chief",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/japanese-professors-welcome-nobel-prize-for-icecube-project-chief",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T03:12:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026100601124/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chiba, October 7 - Two Japanese professors have expressed their delight following the announcement that University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Francis Halzen, the leader of an international project in which they took part, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for this year. Chiba University professor Shigeru Yoshida, speaking at a news conference at his university in Chiba, a city east of Tokyo, said, \"We were able to catch a glimpse of the universe that no one has ever seen.\" Yoshida, who directs the International Center for Hadron Astrophysics at the university, also expressed his happiness that Halzen received the prize for the IceCube project, which detected high-energy neutrinos in Antarctica. He recalled his involvement in the project in 2002, sharing that people around him initially opposed his decision. Yoshida stated, \"I was skeptical.\" He added, \"We should keep taking on new challenges. In the world of science, nothing is promised from the beginning.\"",
  "summary": "Chiba, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--Two Japanese professors have expressed their joy after University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Francis Halzen, who led an international project they participated in, was named winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. \"We were able to catch a glimpse of the universe that no one has ever seen,\" Chiba University professor Shigeru Yoshida told a news conferenc...",
  "key_points": [
    "Japanese professors express joy over Nobel Prize for Francis Halzen",
    "Halzen leads IceCube project detecting high-energy neutrinos in Antarctica",
    "Shigeru Yoshida recalls initial skepticism in 2002 IceCube project"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The Nobel Prize win for the IceCube project chief validates the decades-long pursuit of detecting high-energy neutrinos, vindicating the risk taken by scientists like Yoshida who faced initial skepticism.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}