<P> The Nobel Prize is an annual, international prize first awarded in 1901 for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace . An associated prize in Economics has been awarded since 1969 . Nobel Prizes have been awarded to over 800 individuals . </P> <P> Asians have been the recipients of all six award categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economics . The first Asian recipient, Rabindranath Tagore, was awarded the Literature Prize in 1913 . The most Nobel Prizes awarded to Asian in a single year was in 2014, when five Asians became laureates . The most recent, a Japanese - born English writer, Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded his prizes in 2017 . </P> <P> To date, there have been sixty - nine Asian winners of the Nobel Prize, including twenty - six Japanese and twelve Israeli, and twelve Chinese (not including Tibetan and Non-Chinese Laureates born in China). The following are not including Russian . </P>

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