TOKYO, Oct. 7 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information:
[Provisional translation]
Dr. SOAI Kenso, Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University of Science, has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
I congratulate Professor Soai most wholeheartedly on this remarkable honor.
This award reflects the international community's high acclaim for his discoveries and research on non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
I express my great respect for Professor Soai's achievements, and I take great pride in the fact that this discovery of truth, achieved through the creative ideas of a Japanese researcher, has greatly contributed to the continued progress of humankind and has been recog...