Science knows no borders, but scientists have a homeland.

科学に国境はない。科学者には祖国がある。

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Born in 1854 in Takaoka, Japan, to a physician's family, Jokichi Takamine

Born in 1854 in Takaoka, Japan, to a physician's family, Jokichi Takamine was a chemist and entrepreneur who discovered the digestive enzyme Taka-Diastase and achieved the first crystallization of adrenaline. Building a fortune in the United States, he became a pioneer of Japanese biotech ventures and a bridge between Japanese and American science.

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Born in 1854 in Takaoka, Japan, to a physician's family, Jokichi Takamine's Other Quotes

It is precisely in failure that we find the seeds of the next success.

Japan's fermentation technology is second to none in the world.

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