Nobel laureate at centre of female scientists row to leave UK for Japan

Tim Hunt, who made comments about female students falling for male superiors earlier this year, is moving due to professor wife's new appointment

Sir Tim Hunt, the Nobel laureate whose comments about women at an international conference caused a furore earlier this year, is leaving Britain for a life in Japan.

Hunt, who won the prestigious science prize in 2001, lost his honorary post at University College London after he spoke at a lunch for female science journalists in South Korea.