Activities in Japan Arising from the International Year of Light

In 2014, three Japanese scientists (Akasaki, Amano, Nakamura) were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs). This event has attracted the attention of the Japanese public to the importance of light. Coincidentally, the 2015 International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies (IYL 2015) began relatively soon thereafter