StemCell Therapy

Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012

Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka has been awash with admiration, receiving offers of financial support for his research on induced pluripotent stem cells, and now he may get an unlikely gift from members of the government.

Science and education minister Makiko Tanaka said Tuesday she has proposed that Cabinet ministers present Yamanaka with a new washing machine.

The offer comes after it was learned that Yamanaka, a 50-year-old professor at Kyoto University, was in the middle of repairing his washing machine when he got the phone call on Oct. 8 to tell him that he had won the 2012 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

"I suggested that we split the cost (of a new washing machine) among Cabinet ministers," Tanaka revealed at a news conference.

Tanaka said a contribution of 5,000 to 10,000 each from the 19 Cabinet members would probably be enough to buy a new washer.

No one objected to her proposal, according to Tanaka.

Still, she noted, before making such an offer, the ministers need to check whether there are any legal issues involved.

JIJI

Shinzo Abe, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, denied having any deep ties with a man linked to a yakuza syndicate.

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Ministers may split cost of new washing machine for Yamanaka: Tanaka

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