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Nobel laureate Syukuro Manabe mingles with students. (Photo courtesy of Princeton University)

YUMIKO OSHIMA and AKIRA OIKAWA, Nikkei staff writers

NEW YORK/TOKYO -- When Japanese meteorologist Syukuro Manabe spoke about his problems with Japan, chuckles could be heard among the audience assembled at Princeton University to hear this year's Nobel Prize laureate in physics speak.

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