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First Nobel prize of season goes to Japanese biologist

Yoshinori Ohsumi takes a phone call from his prime minister
Yoshinori Ohsumi takes a phone call from his prime minister Source: AAP

Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi has been announced as the first winner of Nobel Week as the event kicks off in Stockholm. Ohsumi, born in 1945 in Fukuoka, Japan, has been a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology since 2009.


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Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi has been announced as the first winner of Nobel Week as the event kicks off in Stockholm. Ohsumi, born in 1945 in Fukuoka, Japan, has been a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology since 2009.



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