[BREAKING NEWS] Professor SAKAGUCHI Shimon receives 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine!

Professor SAKAGUCHI Shimon (Distinguished Honorary Professor) was selected by the Nobel Committee to receive the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine!

*Professor SAKAGUCHI was awarded the title of Distinguished Honorary Professor of the University of Osaka on October 22, 2025.
For more details, please click the link below.
https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/news/topics/2025/10/22001

• Nobel Foundation

[How to Participate in the Joint Press Conference] (scheduled to start at 8:00 PM) *For members of the press only
Please click here. (link in Japanese)

*Professor SAKAGUCHI's press conference will be streamed online via the YouTube channel below. (scheduled to start at 8:00 PM.)
Click here to watch the stream.

Related Links

・Professor SAKAGUCHI Shimon, Distinguished Honorary Professor of the University of Osaka, spoke at a joint press conference (October 6, 2025)
https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/news/topics/2025/10/nobel_press_conference

・Professor SAKAGUCHI Shimon visited Administration Bureau at the University of Osaka (October 8, 2025)
https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/news/topics/2025/10/08003

・Viktoria Li, Ambassador of Sweden, and her delegation visited Professor SAKAGUCHI Shimon, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (October 14, 2025)
https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/news/topics/2025/10/14001

・Links to Professor SAKAGUCHI Shimon's papers, etc.
https://www.library.osaka-u.ac.jp/news/20251017_common/

Request Form for Distinguished Honorary Professor SAKAGUCHI Shimon (for members of the press)

・[ATTN: Members of the Press] Regarding requests for individual interviews with Nobel Prize laureate Professor SAKAGUCHI Shimon on or after October 7 (October 6, 2025)
https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/news/topics/2025/10/nobel_interview

Related Departments

・Immunology Frontier Research Center
https://www.ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/

External Links

・Facebook page of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
https://www.facebook.com/reel/794498216882440 (link in Japanese)

・ A congratulatory phone call from the Prime Minister Ishiba to Professor SAKAGUCHI Shimon, Distinguished Honorary Professor of the University of Osaka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slaMc56vGlQ (link in Japanese)

・Regarding the decision on the 2025 Nobel Prize winners (Statement by the President of the Japan Association of National Universities) | The Japan Association of National Universities (link in Japanese)
https://www.janu.jp/news/20784/