Nobel laureate Akira Yoshino says there is always "goal" in research english.kyodonews.net

Yoshino, 71, encouraged researchers to have a "rebellious spirit with a desire to do something that others never do."
Yoshino apologized to his wife at the news conference, saying, "I brought you trouble when I was going through difficult times in my research.
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Yoshino became the first Japanese corporate researcher to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry since Koichi Tanaka, a senior fellow at Shimadzu Corp., received it in 2002.
But his research and university teaching have not prevented him from enjoying life outside of his field.