Yokohama on April 5 inaugurated a new public high school dedicated to the teaching of advanced science and technology.

Haruo Sato, the principal of Yokohama Science Frontier High School, said the aim is to nurture scientists who will be active around the world.

Students will study such fields as biological science, the environment, nanotechnology, and information and communications, before specializing in an area of their choice.

At the inauguration ceremony, Masatoshi Koshiba, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, gave a special lecture attended by 237 students as well as Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakada.