Akira Yoshino, a winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry and honorary fellow of chemical maker Asahi Kasei Corp., posted a video message Thursday to help lift the spirits of students who have difficulties in their studies and research due to the the spread of the coronavirus.
The pandemic greatly affected the academic field, causing schools and universities to close, as well as research activities to be suspended.
"We are forced to rediscover the fact that humans have plenty of problems to solve," said Yoshino, 72, who developed lithium-ion batteries. "Young people are the driving force for solving these problems."
He touched on his own experience that he had continued pursuing research on the lithium-ion batteries despite them not selling at all when he first developed them.
"With strong motivation, we can overcome any difficulty," he said.
The 3-1/2-minute-long video is posted on the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry's website.
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