日本科学家曾我健三是2026年诺贝尔化学奖的共同获得者，他在周三晚上于东京举行的新闻发布会上做出反应。
| 路透社 大竹智子 撰稿人 2026年10月8日 日本科学家曾我健三是周三诺贝尔化学奖的两位获奖者之一，他早就知道自己的研究意义重大——尽管他从未想过会获得这项垂涎已久的大奖，更不用说是今年了。
Japanese scientist Kenso Soai, co-winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, reacts during a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday night. | REUTERS By Tomoko Otake STAFF WRITER Oct 8, 2026 Japanese scientist Kenso Soai, one of two winners of Wednesday’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, knew the significance of his research all along — though he had not expected that he would ever get the coveted prize, let alone this year.
当他在宣布获奖前几小时接到瑞典诺贝尔基金会的电话通知时，他正在他位于埼玉县志木市家附近的超市购物买菜。"
When he received a phone call from the Nobel Foundation in Sweden notifying him of the prize a few hours before the announcement, he was out shopping for groceries at a supermarket near his home in Shiki, Saitama Prefecture.
听起来可能很傲慢，但我一直认为如果我获奖不会招致抱怨，"76岁的曾我健三在周三晚上于东京理科大学举行的新闻发布会上表示，他在该校任教和研究直到2016年退休。
“I may sound arrogant, but I had thought I would not get complaints if I won,” Soai, 76, told a news conference on Wednesday night at the Tokyo University of Science, where he taught and researched until he retired in 2016.