Nobel winner Noyori to resign as Riken head

Nobel winner Noyori to resign as Riken head

Ryoji Noyori, a Japanese Nobel laureate who heads the Riken research institute, attends a press conference in Wako, near Tokyo, on March 23, 2015. The Cabinet will approve his withdrawal from the post on March 24 after a difficult year caused by a Riken researcher's misconduct in a stem-cell study. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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