Meanwhile, MSG (monosodium glutamate) was discovered in 1908 by a Japanese biochemist Dr. Kikunae Ikeda, one of Ajinomoto Group's founders. Through his research, Ikeda sought to discover the ...

MONACO (AP) — Japanese race walker Koki Ikeda, a former Olympic silver medalist, has been banned for four years for doping, the Athletic Integrity Unit said Friday. The athletics watchdog said ...

The predecessor of Ajinomoto was founded in 1907 as a subsidiary of a pharmaceutical company by Saburosuke Suzuki (1867-1931) to enable his business partner, Kikunae Ikeda (1864-1936), a professor ...