Synopsis

The title of this edition of Japanology Plus might provoke a moment of surprise, but you've landed precisely where you should be. Particle physics research, it turns out, is as deeply ingrained in Japanese culture as sushi and sumo wrestling. Japan boasts some of the world’s most influential contributions to this field. Guiding us through this complex subject is expert guest Makoto Kobayashi, the 2008 Nobel laureate in Physics for his pioneering work with elementary particles. But what are these