The Japan Academy

The Imperial Prize,Japan Academy Prize,Duke of Edinburgh Prize Recipients

81st - 90th

81st June 10, 1991

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Linguistico-Philological Investigations in the Kakuhitsu Documents KOBAYASHI Yoshinori
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize The Development of Electron Holography and the Verification of the Aharonov-Bohm Effect TONOMURA Akira
Japan Academy Prize The Structure of Value: Utility vs. Rights SHIONOYA Yuichi
Japan Academy Prize Researches on Radiation in the Universe HAYAKAWA Satio
Japan Academy Prize Determination of Absolute Configurations and Electron-density Distribution of Transition Metal Complexes SAITO Yoshihiko
Japan Academy Prize Influences of Compositing of Admixtures on Workability, Durability, and Strength of Concrete KOKUBU Masatane
Japan Academy Prize Functional Expression of and Secondary Metabolite Regulation in Cultured Plant Cells YAMADA Yasuyuki
Japan Academy Prize Identification, Epidemiology and Treatment of Kawasaki Disease KAWASAKI Tomisaku
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Role of GTP-binding Proteins in Cellular Signaling UI Michio

 

82nd June 8, 1992

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize A Study of Socialist Thoughts and Movements in the Latter-half of the 19th Century in Britain TSUZUKI Chushichi
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Studies on Interleukin 6 KISHIMOTO Tadamitsu
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Medical Jurisprudence BAI Koichi
Japan Academy Prize Precise Molecular Structure and Dynamical Behaviors of Free Radical Molecules HIROTA Eizi
Japan Academy Prize Discovery of Atypical Genetic Coding Systems and Elucidation of Their Underlying Evolutionary Mechanisms OSAWA Syozo
Japan Academy Prize Dislocation Theory of Plastic Deformation and Mechanical Properties of Solid Helium SUZUKI Hideji
Japan Academy Prize Study on the Photoelectrode Reactions HONDA Kenichi
Japan Academy Prize Chemistry and Molecular Biology of Brain-neuropeptides in Bombyx mori (Joint Research) SUZUKI Akinori
ISHIZAKI Hironori
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Structures and Functions of the Sugar Chains of Glycoproteins KOBATA Akira
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Research and Activities Related to Natural Forest Management and Natural Environment Preservation TAKAHASHI Nobukiyo

 

83rd June 7, 1993

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize A Study of the Ritual Theatres in China TANAKA Issei
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize The Relativistic Properties of Celestial X-ray Sources TANAKA Yasuo
Japan Academy Prize History of Economic Theory NEGISHI Takashi
Japan Academy Prize Theoretical Studies on Dynamical Models and Electromagnetic Interactions of Atomic Nuclei ARIMA Akito
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Solvable Lattice Models and Quantum Groups JIMBO Michio
Japan Academy Prize Research on Coherent Optical Fiber Communications OKOSHI Takanori
Japan Academy Prize Genetical Studies on the Interaction between Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Genomes, and the Application of These Studies to Actual Crop Breeding KINOSHITA Toshiro
Japan Academy Prize Use of Lasers for Caries Prevention and Other Applications in Dentistry YAMAMOTO Hajime
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Hyperglycinemia (Joint Research) TADA Keiya
KIKUCHI Goro

 

84th June 6, 1994

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and
Japan Academy Prize
Studies on Organosilicon Chemistry (Joint Research) KUMADA Makoto
SAKURAI Hideki
Japan Academy Prize A Modern History of Traffic and Travel in Japan MARUYAMA Yasunari
Japan Academy Prize A Study of the Omniscient Being (sarvajña) in Buddhism KAWASAKI Shinjo
Japan Academy Prize Discovery of a New Type of Mechanism for Solid-Solution Formation in Minerals MORIMOTO Nobuo
Japan Academy Prize Studies on RNA Processing SHIMURA Yoshiro
Japan Academy Prize In Situ Observation of Plastic Deformation of Metals Using HVEM (Joint Research) IMURA Toru
FUJITA Hiroshi
Japan Academy Prize Development of Extreme Value Hydrology and its Application to Planning of Hydraulic Structures KADOYA Mutsumi
Japan Academy Prize Endothelin, its Identification and Biological Activity MASAKI Tomoh
Japan Academy Prize Chemical and Physiological Studies of Wasp and Spider Venoms, in particular the Neurobiology of Joro Spider Toxin (JSTX) (Joint Research) NAKAJIMA Terumi
KAWAI Nobufumi
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Systematic Study of Plant Biodiversity and Conservation Biology on Threatened Species IWATSUKI Kunio

 

85th June 12, 1995

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Ancient Chinese and Sino-Vietnamese MINEYA Toru
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Seismological Study on Mantle Dynamics FUKAO Yoshio
Japan Academy Prize Population, Economy and Society in Early Modern Japan: A Study of the Nobi Region HAYAMI Akira
Japan Academy Prize Phase Transitions and Relaxation Processes in Condensed Phases SUGA Hiroshi
Japan Academy Prize Theory of Stellar Evolution and Supernovae (Joint Research) SUGIMOTO Daiichiro
NOMOTO Ken'ichi
Japan Academy Prize Study on Asymmetric Synthesis NOYORI Ryoji
Japan Academy Prize Synthetic Studies on Cell Surface Glycoconjugates and Related Glycans OGAWA Tomoya
Japan Academy Prize Novel Synthetic Methods of Optically Active Compounds Based on the Transcription of the Chirality of L-Amino Acids (Joint Research) YAMADA Shun-ichi
KOGA Kenji
Japan Academy Prize Study of Fundamental Theories for Neural Information Processing AMARI Shun-ichi

 

86th June 10, 1996

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Studies on Regulation of Immunoglobulin Class Switching HONJO Tasuku
Japan Academy Prize The Era of Buddhist Painters HIRATA Yutaka
Japan Academy Prize Theory of Ferromagnetic Transition Metal Alloys KANAMORI Junjiro
Japan Academy Prize Study of Stochastic Analysis WATANABE Shinzo
Japan Academy Prize Discovery of Cadherins Indispensable for Cell-cell Adhesion in Animals, and Elucidation of their Function TAKEICHI Masatoshi
Japan Academy Prize Collaborative Research on Integration of Design and Manufacturing (Joint Research) HOSAKA Mamoru
SATA Toshio
Japan Academy Prize Biochemical and Molecular Biological Studies of Renin-angiotensin System (Joint Research) INAGAMI Tadashi
MURAKAMI Kazuo
Japan Academy Prize Synthesis and Functional Studies on Nucleic Acids-Synthetic c-Ha-ras Gene and Related Subjects (Joint Research) IKEHARA Morio
OHTSUKA Eiko
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Ecological Studies on the Maintenance and Conservation of Biological Diversity in Freshwater Fishes KAWANABE Hiroya

 

87th July 7, 1997

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Studies on Molecular Mechanisms of Neurotransmission NAKANISHI Shigetada
Japan Academy Prize The World Great Crisis —The Process and Causes of the Crisis of 1929 TAKUMI Mitsuhiko
Japan Academy Prize Elucidation of Atmospheric Dynamics in the Stratosphere and Mesosphere MATSUNO Taroh
Japan Academy Prize Invention of Yamatera's Rule of Spectroscopy of Metal Complexes and Studies on their Coordination Structures YAMATERA Hideo
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Mechanisms of DNA Repair and Maintenance of Genetic Information SEKIGUCHI Mutsuo
Japan Academy Prize Study on Nearshore Dynamics and Coastal Sediment Transport Mechanisms HORIKAWA Kiyoshi
Japan Academy Prize Basic Research on the Development of New Theories of Electromagnetic Waves and their Applications to Guided Wave Transmission KUMAGAI Nobuaki
Japan Academy Prize Comparative Gene and Plasmon Analyses in Wheat and its Related Genus Aegilops TSUNEWAKI Koichiro
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Hereditary Hemolytic Anemia due to Red Cell Enzymopathies MIWA Shiro

 

88th June 22, 1998

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Direct Manipulation and Observation of Molecular Machines of Biological Movements YANAGIDA Toshio
Japan Academy Prize Transcendency and Symbols in the Old Testament: Genealogy of Hermeneutical Experiences SEKINE Seizo
Japan Academy Prize The System of the International Court of Justice SUGIHARA Takane
Japan Academy Prize Research on Interstellar Matter KAIFU Norio
Japan Academy Prize Studies in Arithmetic IHARA Yasutaka
Japan Academy Prize Study of Microscopics Structures in Homogeneous Dispersions ISE Norio
Japan Academy Prize Basic Studies for Development and Application of Microbial Functions (Joint Research) YAMADA Hideaki
BEPPU Teruhiko
Japan Academy Prize Structure and Metabolism of Membrane Phospholipids —with Special Emphasis on Escherichia coli Phospholipases NOJIMA Shoshichi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Integrative Functions of the Central Nervous System SASAKI Kazuo
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Contributions to the Development of Quantitative Plant Ecology and the Conservation of Natural Environments KIRA Tatuo

 

89th June 14, 1999

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize A Study of Benevolent Societies and Benevolent Halls in China FUMA Susumu
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Chemical Studies on Marine Natural Products KISHI Yoshito
Japan Academy Prize A Study of Maruyama Ōkyo (Joint Research) SASAKI Johei
SASAKI Masako
Japan Academy Prize The Creation of the System of Political Economy: a Study of James Steuart TAKEMOTO Hiroshi
Japan Academy Prize Rheology of Mantle Minerals and Its Relevance to the Evolution of the Oceanic Lithosphere KARATO Shun-ichiro
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Hydrothermal Reactions and Their Applications for the Synthesis of Inorganic Materials SŌMIYA Shigeyuki
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Sperm Capacitation and In Vitro Fertilization in Farm Animals IRITANI Akira
Japan Academy Prize Molecular and Cell Biological Studies on the Cytoskeleton HIROKAWA Nobutaka
Japan Academy Prize Reaction Mechanism and Physiological Function of GTP-binding Proteins KAZIRO Yoshito

 

90th June 12, 2000

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize State and Rural Society in Medieval Islam: Sultans, Muqṭa‘s and Fallāḥūn SATO Tsugitaka
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Studies on Molecular Mechanism of Apoptosis NAGATA Shigekazu
Japan Academy Prize Dynamic Studies of Catalytic Reaction Mechanism TAMARU Kenzi
Japan Academy Prize Studies of Cataclysmic Variable Stars OSAKI Yoji
Japan Academy Prize Studies of Nonlinear Lattice Dynamics TODA Morikazu
Japan Academy Prize Liquefaction and Flow Failure during Earthquakes ISHIHARA Kenji
Japan Academy Prize Growth and Perfectness of Silicon Crystals CHIKAWA Jun-ichi
Japan Academy Prize Analytical Studies on Clay Minerals of Volcanic Ash Soils in Relation to Agricultural Productivity WADA Koji
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Interferons and Other Cytokines TANIGUCHI Tadatsugu
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Studies on the Ecology and Behavior of the Short-tailed Albatross and a Contribution to Saving the Species from an Endangered Status HASEGAWA Hiroshi