Saruhashi, promoter of female scientists, dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuko Saruhashi (file photo taken in May 2002), the first female member of the Science Council of Japan, who helped champion young female scientists, died Sept. 29 of pneumonia at her home in Tokyo, her family said Oct. 2. She was 87. Saruhashi is known as the founder of the ''Saruhashi Award'' to honor female scientists up to the age of 49 for outstanding research. (Kyodo)

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