THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 9, 2019 at 20:15 JST
Employees of Asahi Kasei Corp. celebrate with Akira Yoshino in Tokyo after he was announced as a co-winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Oct. 9. (Kazutaka Eguchi)
Akira Yoshino, an honorary fellow with Asahi Kasei Corp., is one of three co-recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the basic technology of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Oct. 9. [Read More]
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