INTERNATIONAL EFFORT FIZZLED.”In 1978, Japan’s then Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda proposed to his US counterpart, Jimmy Carter, that the two countries conduct joint research into photosynthesis with a view to biotically converting solar to chemical energy. The proposal was based on advice from RIKEN researchers, including plant physiologist Yorinao Inoue. RIKEN’s photosynthesis project ended in 1999. Currently, photosynthesis is studied at only a few RIKEN laboratories.””
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