Nobel laureate Tanaka leaves Kyoto for ceremony in Stockholm

Nobel laureate Tanaka leaves Kyoto for ceremony in Stockholm

KYOTO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and his wife Yuko arrive at JR Kyoto Station on Dec. 4 in preparation for his trip to attend the Nobel awards ceremony in Stockholm.

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