THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 9, 2025 at 19:22 JST
Distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, right, accepts a bouquet of flowers at Kyoto University in Kyoto on Oct. 9, the day after his Nobel Prize in Chemistry win was announced. (Yoshiaki Arai)
KYOTO—When the phone call came at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 8, Susumu Kitagawa thought it was just another annoying telemarketer interrupting his work in the lab. [Read More]
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