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Lab to study aging mechanism

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. and Tohoku University establish a lab at the state university's campus in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 18, 2025, to jointly study the mechanism of aging. The lab aims to develop anti-aging therapies, medicine and food through the study until March 2027.

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Lab to study aging mechanism

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. and Tohoku University establish a lab at the state university's campus in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 18, 2025, to jointly study the mechanism of aging. The lab aims to develop anti-aging therapies, medicine and food through the study until March 2027.

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X-ray machine decorated with Pokemon characters

OSAKA, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. said April 15 that it will put on sale a mobile X-ray machine for children decorated with characters from the popular ''Pokemon'' animation series. The X-ray machine is aimed at easing children's anxiety during examinations.

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Shimadzu to sell Tanaka's detection kit for cancer, diabetes

KYOTO, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. said July 29 it will start selling around October a kit that uses a finding by Shimadzu employee and Nobel laureate Koichi Tanaka (file photo) and his colleagues to detect cancer and diabetes.

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Nobel laureate Tanaka shows royal couple equipment at work

KYOTO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in chemistry, explains to Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife Princess Masako a piece of equipment that uses his award-winning technology at Shimadzu Corp. in Kyoto on March 15. The royal couple are in Kyoto to attend the opening ceremony of the third World Water Forum on March 16.

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Kyoto city awards medal of honor to Nobel laureate Tanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Mayor Yorikane Masumoto (R) awards a citizen's medal of honor to Koichi Tanaka (L), the co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Kyoto municipal office on Jan. 20. Tanaka, 43, is a fellow at Kyoto-based precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. and has lived in the city for nearly 20 years.

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(2) Koshiba, Tanaka receive Nobel prizes at awards ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japan's Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, receives his Nobel medal from King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10. Tanaka, 43, senior engineer at Kyoto-based precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp., was recognized for his development of a method to analyze life-forming proteins that has paved the way for the development of new medicines and early diagnosis of cancer.

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Nobel laureate Tanaka speaks at Stockholm Univ.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, speaks Dec. 8 at Stockholm University ahead of the awards ceremony Dec. 10. Tanaka, 43, a senior engineer at Kyoto-based precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp., explained the origin of macromolecule ionization through lasers.

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Tanaka's boss meets professor who told world of his work

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hidetoshi Yajima (L), president of Shimadzu Corp., hands souvenirs to Robert Cotter (C), professor of Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine, and his wife at a Stockholm hotel Dec. 7. Cotter is credited with drawing worldwide attention to the research by Koichi Tanaka, one of the two Japanese recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize. Tanaka works with Shimadzu.

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Shimadzu to set up institute in Nobel laureate Tanaka's name

KYOTO, Japan - Hidetoshi Yajima (L), president of Shimadzu Corp., shakes hands Oct. 15 with company engineer Koichi Tanaka, who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, at the company's head office in Kyoto's Nakagyo Ward. Yajima said Shimadzu will set up a research institute to commemorate Tanaka's winning the prize.

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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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(2)Tanaka overjoyed at winning 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese engineer Koichi Tanaka, who won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is surrounded by reporters in front of the head office of his employer Shimadzu Corp., a major comprehensive precision equipment maker, in Kyoto's Nakagyo Ward on Oct. 10.

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(1)Tanaka overjoyed at winning 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese engineer Koichi Tanaka (R) is congratulated by his coworkers at Shimadzu Corp., a major comprehensive precision equipment maker, as he arrives at the company in Kyoto's Nakagyo Ward on Oct. 10, a day after he was named one of three recipients of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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(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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(2)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - An employee of Shimadzu Corp., a major comprehensive precision equipment maker based in Kyoto, responds to queries on Oct. 9 after Koichi Tanaka, an engineer at the company, won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two others for their contributions to ''the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules.''

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Kyoto city awards medal of honor to Nobel laureate Tanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Mayor Yorikane Masumoto (R) awards a citizen's medal of honor to Koichi Tanaka (L), the co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Kyoto municipal office on Jan. 20. Tanaka, 43, is a fellow at Kyoto-based precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. and has lived in the city for nearly 20 years. (Kyodo)

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(2)Tanaka overjoyed at winning 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese engineer Koichi Tanaka, who won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is surrounded by reporters in front of the head office of his employer Shimadzu Corp., a major comprehensive precision equipment maker, in Kyoto's Nakagyo Ward on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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(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. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Tanaka speaks at Stockholm Univ.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, speaks Dec. 8 at Stockholm University ahead of the awards ceremony Dec. 10. Tanaka, 43, a senior engineer at Kyoto-based precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp., explained the origin of macromolecule ionization through lasers. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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(1) Nobel chemical prize laureate Koichi Tanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. engineer Koichi Tanaka (R), winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, receives congratulations from Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada at the Shimadzu head office in Kyoto on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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(6) Nobel chemical prize laureate Koichi Tanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. engineer Koichi Tanaka, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, receives congratulations from his coworkers at the Shimadzu head office in Kyoto on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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(2) Nobel chemical prize laureate Koichi Tanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. engineer Koichi Tanaka, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, speaks to well-wishers at the Shimadzu head office in Kyoto on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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(4) Nobel chemical prize laureate Koichi Tanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. engineer Koichi Tanaka, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on protein analysis, demonstrates the working of the protein analysis device at the Shimadzu head office in Kyoto on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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(3) Nobel chemical prize laureate Koichi Tanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. engineer Koichi Tanaka, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, receives a bouquet of flowers from a colleague at the Shimadzu head office in Kyoto on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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(5) Nobel chemical prize laureate Koichi Tanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. engineer Koichi Tanaka, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, speaks to reporters at the Shimadzu head office in Kyoto on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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(5) Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese engineer Koichi Tanaka, who won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, talks on the phone with his wife Yuko during a news conference at Shimadzu Corp., his employer, on Oct. 9. (Kyodo)

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(4)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. (Kyodo)

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(4)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. (Kyodo)

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Equipment to measure severity of coronavirus patients

Photo taken in Kyoto on March 29, 2021, shows medical equipment announced by precision instrument maker Shimadzu Corp. the same day to predict whether a coronavirus patient will eventually develop severe symptoms. The equipment, developed jointly with Kumamoto University and AiSTI SCIENCE Co., and planned to be sold in June at the earliest, is capable of predicting the severity of the disease possibly within six minutes using the patient's blood or urine.

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X-ray machine decorated with Pokemon characters

OSAKA, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. said April 15 that it will put on sale a mobile X-ray machine for children decorated with characters from the popular ''Pokemon'' animation series. The X-ray machine is aimed at easing children's anxiety during examinations. (Kyodo)

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(2) Koshiba, Tanaka receive Nobel prizes at awards ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japan's Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, receives his Nobel medal from King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10. Tanaka, 43, senior engineer at Kyoto-based precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp., was recognized for his development of a method to analyze life-forming proteins that has paved the way for the development of new medicines and early diagnosis of cancer. (Kyodo)

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Low-price PCR testing device

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. announces the launch of its fully automated PCR testing device in Kyoto on Nov. 27, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The device, which measures 66 centimeters in height, 30 cm in width and 65 cm in length, costs 2.09 million yen ($20,100).

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Low-price PCR testing device

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. announces the launch of its fully automated PCR testing device in Kyoto on Nov. 27, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The device, which measures 66 centimeters in height, 30 cm in width and 65 cm in length, costs 2.09 million yen ($20,100).

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Coronavirus testing using breath

A testing method for infections with the novel coronavirus using a test taker's breath is demonstrated in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 16, 2020. Tohoku University and Shimadzu Corp. said the same day they have developed the new testing method, claiming that it boasts the same level of accuracy as PCR testing.

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Coronavirus testing using breath

A testing method for infections with the novel coronavirus using a test taker's breath is demonstrated in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 16, 2020. Tohoku University and Shimadzu Corp. said the same day they have developed the new testing method, claiming that it boasts the same level of accuracy as PCR testing.

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New coronavirus

Photo taken on June 4, 2020, shows a facility built at a Shimadzu Corp. subsidiary in Kyoto, western Japan, for PCR tests to detect coronavirus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Shimadzu instrument

Precision instrument maker Shimadzu Corp. unveils its Cell Picker device developed to automatically remove unnecessary cells during preparation procedures for iPS cells, in Kyoto on March 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shimadzu to sell Tanaka's detection kit for cancer, diabetes

KYOTO, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. said July 29 it will start selling around October a kit that uses a finding by Shimadzu employee and Nobel laureate Koichi Tanaka (file photo) and his colleagues to detect cancer and diabetes. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Tanaka shows royal couple equipment at work

KYOTO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in chemistry, explains to Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife Princess Masako a piece of equipment that uses his award-winning technology at Shimadzu Corp. in Kyoto on March 15. The royal couple are in Kyoto to attend the opening ceremony of the third World Water Forum on March 16. (Kyodo)

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Tanaka's boss meets professor who told world of his work

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hidetoshi Yajima (L), president of Shimadzu Corp., hands souvenirs to Robert Cotter (C), professor of Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine, and his wife at a Stockholm hotel Dec. 7. Cotter is credited with drawing worldwide attention to the research by Koichi Tanaka, one of the two Japanese recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize. Tanaka works with Shimadzu. (Kyodo)

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Shimadzu to set up institute in Nobel laureate Tanaka's name

KYOTO, Japan - Hidetoshi Yajima (L), president of Shimadzu Corp., shakes hands Oct. 15 with company engineer Koichi Tanaka, who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, at the company's head office in Kyoto's Nakagyo Ward. Yajima said Shimadzu will set up a research institute to commemorate Tanaka's winning the prize. (Kyodo)

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(1)Tanaka overjoyed at winning 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese engineer Koichi Tanaka (R) is congratulated by his coworkers at Shimadzu Corp., a major comprehensive precision equipment maker, as he arrives at the company in Kyoto's Nakagyo Ward on Oct. 10, a day after he was named one of three recipients of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. (Kyodo)

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(2)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - An employee of Shimadzu Corp., a major comprehensive precision equipment maker based in Kyoto, responds to queries on Oct. 9 after Koichi Tanaka, an engineer at the company, won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two others for their contributions to ''the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules.'' (Kyodo)

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Shimadzu to sell needle-free insulin injector

OSAKA, Japan - Shimadzu Corp., a comprehensive precision equipment maker, said it will begin selling on Sept. 13 a needle-free device (photo) to inject insulin into diabetes patients. The device, called Shima JET, has a plastic nozzle instead of a needle through which insulin is injected into a patient by means of spring-generated pressure, Shimadzu said, adding it therefore does not cause as much pain as a needle. The Kyoto-based company will market Shima JET to hospitals and other medical institutions for 80,000 yen.