Ex. Prof of Nihon University, Ex. Prof. of Kyoto and Chiba University, Japan, and Emeritus Prof. of Nanjing Agricultural University, China; Mailing address: Kataseyama 3-10-6, Fujisawa City, Japan, 251-0033
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