N. Korean resident record for S. Korean abductee

N. Korean resident record for S. Korean abductee

SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean resident record on Lee Min Gyo, a man abducted from South Korea, compiled in 2005 for Pyongyang residents is pictured in this undated photo. The description of Lee's job indicates he was assigned to a spy unit in the Workers' Party of Korea.

Juvenile fish aquarium in Japan

Juvenile fish aquarium in Japan

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2022, shows juvenile fish at Yo-gyo Aquarium in the Shizuoka Prefecture town of Shimizu, central Japan.

Juvenile fish aquarium in Japan

Juvenile fish aquarium in Japan

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2022, shows juvenile fish at Yo-gyo Aquarium in the Shizuoka Prefecture town of Shimizu, central Japan.

Ono Pharma to pay 28 bil. yen to settle patent suit with Nobel winner

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. said Friday it has agreed to pay 5 billion yen ($44 million) to Japanese Nobel laureate in medicine Tasuku Honjo and donate 23 billion yen to a research fund at his university to settle a lawsuit on cancer drug patent royalties. The settlement, reached at the Osaka District Court, resolves the suit in which Honjo, a distinguished professor at Kyoto University and 2018 Nobel Prize winner, had sought about 26.2 billion yen in patent royalties from the company that sells the cancer treatment drug Opdivo, developed based on discoveries by his research team. "We were able to reach a settlement I feel satisfied with. I would like to support fundamental research with the funds that we will get back from the company," Honjo said through his lawyer. In a news conference Friday, Ono Pharmaceutical President Gyo Sagara also welcomed the settlement, which he said "fully resolved" issues between the company and Honjo.