Ehime Prefecture

Prefecture of Japan

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2021 Syukuro Manabe from Ehime Prefecture wins the Nobel Prize in Physics, further highlighting the prefecture's contribution to scientific excellence.
2020 Population census conducted for Ehime Prefecture, revealing population data for various towns and villages including Ainan (19,601), Masaki (29,630), and Tobe (20,480).
2016 The film 'Destruction Babies', set in Ehime and based on a true story from Matsuyama, won an award at the Locarno Festival and was selected as semi-grand prix at the Three Continents Festival.
2014 Shuji Nakamura from Ehime Prefecture wins the Nobel Prize in Physics, adding to the prefecture's prestigious scientific achievements.
2012 A research group from the University of Tokyo and Ehime University discovered rare earth deposits in Matsuyama.

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