As the president of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), I send my hearty congratulations for the award to you of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2012. This award recognizes your great contribution to the advancement of quantum information technology and basic physics. The occasion of the granting of the Nobel Prize to you offers us the opportunity to thank you for your participation in JST's joint research project (ICORP Quantum Entanglement Project) between you and Professor Yoshihisa Yamamoto from 1999 to 2003. We are very proud of supporting this project and being able to make contribution to the achievements through this exciting collaboration between Japan and France.
October 9, 2012
Michiharu Nakamura
President of Japan Science and Technology Agency