
「人生で最もエキサイティングな日の一つ」と語る
ノーベル化学賞の受賞が決まった東京理科大の※合憲三名誉教授が、受賞の喜びを語った。1995年に発見した触媒反応の研究が評価されたもので、共同受賞者のアンリ・カガン氏への敬意や、今後の研究への意欲を示した。
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※合憲三名誉教授は1995年に触媒反応を発見し、長年研究を続けてきた。
「ノーベル賞を受賞すると聞いて、大変興奮している。もちろん人生の中で最もエキサイティングな日の一つだ」。ノーベル化学賞の受賞が決まった東京理科大の※合憲三(※石ヘンに夾)名誉教授(76)は7日夜、スウェーデン王立科学アカデミーとの電話インタビューで声を弾ませて答えた。
インタビューは授賞者と授賞理由の発表に続けて行われた。共同受賞するアンリ・カガン氏について、※合さんは「高名な有機化学者と共に受賞したと聞いて非常にうれしい」とも語った。やや早口の英語からは、興奮が伝わってくるようだった。
報道陣から、受賞決定の知らせを受けた際の状況を聞かれると、「近所に買い物に出てました」と笑いながら答えた※合さん。現在の思いについて、「この触媒反応を発見したのは1995年で、ずっと研究を続けてきた」と話した上で、「この分野が認められ、賞を頂けることは大変うれしい。この分野には数多くの素晴らしい研究者がいる」と述べた。
その後、※合さんは午後8時20分ごろ、記者会見に出席するため、埼玉県志木市の集合住宅からスーツ姿で出てきた。報道陣に受賞が決まった気持ちを問われ、「もちろんうれしい」と目を細めた。「世界中の研究者が関心を持っていることなので、今後もさらに研さんを深めていきたい」と話し、大学に向けてタクシーに乗り込んだ。

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Professor Emeritus Kenzo Go of the Tokyo University of Science and Professor Emeritus Henri Kagan of the University of Paris-Saclay. Discoveries such as ``asymmetric autocatalytic reactions'' that produce only one enantiomer were praised.

Major news from October 4th to 7th. It covered the announcement of Nobel Prize winners, the indictment at home in the Sanko Confectionery fire, the FTC investigation into a major beer company, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan Yan's comments on the road budget, and domestic and international political, economic, and sports developments.

Major news from October 4th to 7th. Covers the announcement of the Nobel Prize winners, the issue of Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan's budget statements, the FTC investigation into major beer companies, the House of Representatives Budget Committee agreement, and the political and social situation in Japan and abroad.

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to American Professor Francis Hultzen, who leads the international collaborative research project ``Ice Cube.'' Professor Shigeru Yoshida, Director of the International Center for Hadronic Space Research at Chiba University, who is participating in the project, held a press conference at the university in Chiba City on the 6th. Professor Yoshida expressed his joy, saying, ``I was able to get a glimpse of the universe that no one has ever seen before. I am very happy to have received this award.'' Looking back on the time when he took part in 2002 in response to Professor Hultzen's invitation, he revealed, ``Everyone around me was against it. I was half-convinced.'' Furthermore, Professor Yasuno Ishihara, who attended the press conference online from a business trip, hoped that it would be an opportunity to promote the next-generation IceCube project and encourage worldwide neutrino research.

Major news from October 3rd to 6th. Covers domestic and international events such as the incident involving US Marines in Okinawa, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan Yan's road budget cut issue, the announcement of Nobel Prize winners, North Korea's missile launches, and movements related to the House of Representatives election.

Major news from October 3rd to 6th. Reports included the robbery and murder of a U.S. Marine in Okinawa, the suspicion of road budget cuts related to the House of Representatives election, the announcement of Nobel Prize winners, and North Korea's missile launch.