(3)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

(3)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese engineer Koichi Tanaka, who won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, smiles during a news conference at Kyoto-based Shimadzu Corp., his employer, on Oct. 9.

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