{"id":180300,"date":"2026-10-13T10:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180300&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:23:19","slug":"kyushu-university-connection-celebrated-after-chemistry-nobel-announcement","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-university-connection-celebrated-after-chemistry-nobel-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu University connection celebrated after chemistry Nobel announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu University emeritus professor Junji Inanaga welcomed the Nobel chemistry prize announced for Kenso Soai and Henri Kagan on Oct. 7. Inanaga invited Soai to serve as a visiting professor at Kyushu University in 2005. He recalled introducing Soai\u2019s work at the time as research that could one day win a Nobel Prize. Inanaga also knows Kagan, an emeritus professor at Paris-Saclay University, and said they had visited each other\u2019s homes. He said recognition for fundamental research offered young scientists an example of the value of pursuing basic questions. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nd-20261008de56764\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvq.co.jp\/news\/news.html?did=2026100800000006\" target=\"_blank\">TVQ News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyudai-professor-Inanaga_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1230%2C686&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1230\" height=\"686\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyudai-professor-Inanaga_2026_cl.jpg?w=1230&amp;ssl=1 1230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyudai-professor-Inanaga_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyudai-professor-Inanaga_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C571&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyudai-professor-Inanaga_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: NHK News<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu University emeritus professor Junji Inanaga welcomed the Nobel chemistry prize announced for Kenso Soai and Henri Kagan on Oct. 7. Inanaga invited Soai to serve as a visiting professor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180300","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}