Honorary Fellow / Honorary Members
Honorary Fellow
When His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited the Japan Academy in April 1975, he was made an Honorary Fellow as an expression of the Academy's appreciation for his many contributions to the advancement of science and development of academic societies and their activities.
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | UK |
Honorary Members
Foreign scholars who have made particularly important contributions to science and academics in Japan are selected as Honorary Members of the Japan Academy.

Medal of Honorary Members

Presentation ceremony
(Prof. Klaus STERN)
Humanities and Social Sciences
| Name | Speciality | Country, Region |
|---|---|---|
| DORE, Ronald Philip | Sociology |
UK |
| GERNET, Jacques | Sinology |
France |
| KEENE, Donald | Japanese Literature |
USA |
| ROBERT, Jacques | Constitutional Law |
France |
| MORTIER, Roland | Comparative Literature |
Belgium |
| HOBSBAWM, Eric J. | History of Social Thought |
UK |
| KROESCHELL, Karl | German and Comparative Legal History |
Germany |
| LE ROY LADURIE, Emmanuel | History |
France |
| STERN, Klaus | Constitutional Law |
Germany |
| NISH, Ian Hill | International History |
UK |
| LIVI BACCI, Massimo | Demography | Italy |
| THOMAS, Keith | English Modern History | UK |
| DE BARY, William Theodore | Neo-Confucian Philosophy Japanese Intellectual History |
USA |
Pure Sciences and their Applications
| Name | Speciality | Country, Region |
|---|---|---|
| NAMBU, Yoichiro | Physics |
USA |
| ANDERSON, Philip Warren | Condensed Matter Physics |
USA |
| HUXLEY, Andrew | Neurophysiology |
UK |
| RAO, C.N.Ramachandra | Solid Chemistry |
India |
| KLUG, Aaron | Molecular and Structural Biology |
UK |
| ERIKSSON, Tage Richard | Plant Cell Biology |
Sweden |
| QUEISSER, Hans Joachim | Semiconductor Electronics and Physics |
Germany |
| LEE, Yuan Tseh | Chemistry |
Taiwan |
| BRENNER, Sydney | Molecular Biology |
UK |
| LEE, Ho Wang | Virology |
Korea |
| MANABE, Syukuro | Meteorology |
USA |
| YANG, Chen Ning | Theoretical Physics |
USA |
| COREY, Elias James | Organic Synthetic Chemistry |
USA |




