Asai Kazuhiko Ph.D. was the founder of Asai Germanium Research Institute and the creator of Asaigermanium. In the post-war turmoil, he has a firm belief and passion and has contributed greatly to Japan’s coal industry and scientific progress.
Here is the history of Kazuhiko Asai.
| 1908 | He was born on March 30 in Northeast China. He returned to Japan at the age of 10 and lived in Tokyo. |
| 1932 | He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Tokyo Imperial University (currently the University of Tokyo). He struggled to become a diplomat and passed the diplomat exam. |
| 1934 | He joined general partnership company “Okura group”. Dispatched from Berlin to Berlin as a German representative. |
| 1936 | In November, she married Erica Felterhof, her secretary. In Berlin, there was a fellow at the Japanese Embassy at the University of Japan. One day, he was taken by a German youth who was shocked to see people working hard against nature in the mine. I decided to change my life and go on the road to coal research. |
| 1937 | Entered Charlottenburg Institute of Technology (now Berlin Institute of Technology) for coal research. |
| 1943 | Graduated from Charlottenburg University of Technology. |
| 1945 | Returned to Japan after the end of the war. Established Japan Coal Research Institute for post-war reconstruction in Japan. |
| Barden et al. Of Bell Laboratories in the US invented transistors and diodes using the properties of germanium semiconductors. | |
| This invention was later awarded the Nobel Prize, and the world’s attention was drawn to the properties of germanium semiconductors. | |
| Asai knows that there is a lot of germanium in Japanese coal, and somehow looks for ways to remove it. | |
| 1952 | Succeeded in extracting germanium from coal dry distillation gas liquid. |
| 1953 | Succeeded in recovering germanium dioxide from coal waste gas waste. Purified ultra-high purity polycrystalline germanium (germanium element lump) from germanium dioxide. Asai thinks that germanium has been taken in for some purpose while the original plant that became coal inhabited, and decided to clarify the relationship between the plant and germanium. |
| 1955 | Measure the content of germanium in plants. I found that germanium is abundant in plants that have been said to be good for health since ancient times. |
| Considering that germanium is involved in the usefulness of these plants, Asaigermanium Research Institute started synthesis of germanium compounds that are easily absorbed by the body. | |
| 1956 | In animal experiments using germanium dioxide fructose solution, the effect on radiation damage is confirmed, but it is found that it accumulates in bone marrow, spleen, kidney and the like. The conclusion is that it should be a highly safe organogermanium compound to be incorporated into living organisms. |
| 1957 | The government is awarded a purple emblem for contributing to the invention and the development of various new technologies. |
| 1962 | Obtained a doctorate in engineering from Kyoto University. |
| 1967 | Succeeded in the synthesis of water-soluble organogermanium compounds for the first time in the world. |
| At this time, I was on the bed due to many years of physical fatigue, mental stress, generalized rheumatism, gout, etc., but I took the first chemically synthesized water soluble organic germanium without any doubt. t was confirmed that effect, no toxicity and no side effects in his own body. After 10 days, it recovered enough to take a walk. | |
| 1968 | Established Asai Germanium Research Institute (Individual Research Laboratory). Made a presentation to the Chemical Society of Japan. |
| 1975 | In January, he was recommended as a regular member of the New York Academy of Sciences. |
| In September, his epic book “Germanium and me (in Japanese)” was published. In the book “Germanium and I”, he proposed an “oxygen alternative” that germanium enriches oxygen in the body. | |
| Invited to the World Society of Natural Medicine in France, gave a lecture on organic germanium and produce a sensation. | |
| Established Asai Germanium Research Institute Co., Ltd.. | |
| 1976 1977 |
Lectured at the Natural Medicine Society held in West Germany (1976) and the United States (1977). |
| 1978 | Published the second book “Germanium Hymn (in Japanese)”. |
| 1979 | In June, the first Germanium Study Group was held. A full-fledged organic germanium bioactivity study begin with researchers from universities and research institutions nationwide. |
| 1981 | Published his third book “Germanium and My Life (in Japanese)”. |
| 1982 | In October, I entrusted the researcher with the idea of ”He want my germanium to be useful for people’s health” and closed my life. (Kyosei 75) |
