Noyori returns home from Stockholm

Noyori returns home from Stockholm

NARITA, Japan - Japanese chemist Ryoji Noyori, co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, arrives at Narita airport, accompanied by his wife Hiroko (R), on Dec. 16 after attending an awards ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10.

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