Nobel laureate Tanaka visits alma mater

Nobel laureate Tanaka visits alma mater

SENDAI, Japan - Koichi Tanaka (L), winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is welcomed by Hiroyuki Abe (R), president of Tohoku University, his alma mater, as well as university staff and students in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 30. The university has asked Tanaka to become a visiting professor.

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