今日のテキスト 'NIHONIUM' WINS OFFICIAL BACKING

An international chemistry organization has endorsed a proposal to name an atomic element after the Japanese word for Japan.
The Japanese researchers who created the substance 12 years ago want to call it "nihonium." They recommended the idea to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. The organization recently recognized the element and allowed the researchers to suggest a name.
The team of scientists, led by Kyushu University Professor Kosuke Morita, also proposed the atomic symbol "Nh." Morita issued a comment saying his group is the first in Asia to have discovered a new element and then earned naming rights to it. He said the group decided on the name, keeping in mind the great support it has received from the Japanese people.
The organization has now put the name up for public review. Officials will make a formal decision around the end of this year. If the name wins approval, "nihonium" will appear in the periodic table.