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医学(medicine) 　　教授(professor) 東京工業大学(Tokyo Institute of Technology)　　２年連続(second consecutive year)　　生理学(physiology)　　
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　Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on October 3rd. Ohsumi, 71, from Fukuoka, is a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. This is the second consecutive year in which a Japanese scientist has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Ohsumi is the fourth Japanese to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The awards ceremony will be held in Stockholm on December 10th, when Ohsumi will be awarded the cash prize of 8 million Swedish krona or 94 million yen.