Shimadzu to promote Nobel laureate Tanaka to executive post

Shimadzu to promote Nobel laureate Tanaka to executive post

OSAKA, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. plans to promote Koichi Tanaka (file photo) to an executive post as early as next week to reward him as a winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, company officials said Oct. 12. Tanaka is currently an assistant manager of Shimadzu's Life Science Laboratory, a post below the level of section chief.

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