Abstract:Yasutomi Nizhizuka was born in Seido Village, Muko–gun (now City of Ashiya), Hyogo–Prefecture, on 12 July 1932, as the second son of Yasunobu and Nobuko Nishizuka. His elder brother, Yasuaki (1922–95, pathologist, President of Aichi Cancer Center), was 10 years old, his eldest sister, Hiroko, was aged 8, his elder sister, Fumiko, was 5, and he was a heterozygotic twin with his sister Junko. His mother, Nobuko, was from the Ijichi family, a huge landlord, which traced its roots back to a powerful family of the … Show more
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