2011 Japan Prize winners

2011 Japan Prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Prize laureates (from L) Toshio Hirano, dean of the Graduate School of Medicine at Osaka University, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, professor emeritus at Osaka University, and Kenneth Thompson, an engineer at Google Inc., pose for a photo in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011, as the year's winner of the Japan Prize Foundation award. Kishimoto and Hirano discovered interleukin 6, leading to the development of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, while Thompson, together with fellow award recipient Dennis Ritchie, developed the UNIX operating system.

2011 Japan Prize winners

2011 Japan Prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Prize laureates (from L) Toshio Hirano, dean of the Graduate School of Medicine at Osaka University, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, professor emeritus at Osaka University, and Kenneth Thompson, an engineer at Google Inc., pose for a photo in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011, as the year's winner of the Japan Prize Foundation award. Kishimoto and Hirano discovered interleukin 6, leading to the development of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, while Thompson, together with fellow award recipient Dennis Ritchie, developed the UNIX operating system. (Kyodo)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

People, tourists, therapeutic, sea salt, salt works Kitros, production, Greece, salina

Visitors enjoy the mud-bathing process to help people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, skin psoriasis. Solar saltworks, sea salt production process in European Mediterranean in Kitros, Greece, September 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Milos Ruml)