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101st June 20, 2011

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	SATAKE Akira	Studies on "The Revelation of John"
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	MIYATA Hideaki	Studies on Nonlinear Ship Wave
Japan Academy Prize	SHOGAITO Masahiro	Uighur Abhidharma Texts: A Philological Study
Japan Academy Prize	SATO Tsuneo	Studies on Fujiwara Tameie
Japan Academy Prize	KOBA Akira	Roman Origins of the Law of Possession
Japan Academy Prize	MOCHIZUKI Takuro	Study of Pure Twister D-modules
Japan Academy Prize	HIROSE Kei	Studies on Materials and Dynamics of the Earth’s Deepest Mantle
Japan Academy Prize	TANIGUCHI Naoyuki	Pioneering Accomplishments in Glycobiology, Especially on the Significance of N-glycans in Disease
Japan Academy Prize	MIYAZONO Kohei	Study on Cell Signaling and Its Regulation in Cancer

102nd June 4, 2012

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	YOSHIKAWA Kazuyoshi	Proust et l’art pictural
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	NAMBA Keiichi	Structural and Functional Analyses of Biological Macromolecular Nanomachines
Japan Academy Prize	NAKANISHI Satoru	Wealthy Kitamae Shipowners and Japanese Capitalism
Japan Academy Prize	KAJITA Takaaki	Discovery of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations
Japan Academy Prize	TAKAYANAGI Kunio	Investigation of Nano-structures using an Ultra-high Vacuum Electron Microscope
Japan Academy Prize	KIMURA Tsutomu	Mechanical Behaviour of Foundation Soils
Japan Academy Prize	SATO Fumihiko	Microbial Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites, Isoquinoline Alkaloids, Based on Metabolic Engineering Research (Joint Research)
Japan Academy Prize	KUMAGAI Hidehiko
Japan Academy Prize	FUTAI Masamitsu	Studies on the Synthesis and Cellular Use of Biological Energy
Japan Academy Prize	SAKAGUCHI Shimon	Control of Immune Responses by Regulatory T Cells
Duke of Edinburgh Prize	TSUKAMOTO Katsumi	The Fundamental Studies on Fish Migration, especially the Discovery of the Eel Spawning Area in the Pacific

103rd June 17, 2013

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	MATSUURA Jun	Martin Luther: Erfurter Annotationen 1509-1510/11
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	TOKURA Yoshinori	Study of Strongly Correlated Electron Materials with Emergent Electromagnetic Functions
Japan Academy Prize	KŌZEN Hiroshi	Research on Chinese Literary Theory
Japan Academy Prize	TATSUMI Kazuyuki	Study on Bioinorganic Chemistry of the Active Sites of Metalloreductases
Japan Academy Prize	IYE Masanori	Observational Studies of the Early Universe
Japan Academy Prize	NAKAZAWA Masataka	The Realization of Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier and its Application to Sophistication of Optical Communication Technology
Japan Academy Prize	SATO Eimei	Studies on the Regulatory Mechanism of Oogenesis in Mammals
Japan Academy Prize	NABESHIMA Yo-ichi	Control of Homeostasis by Newly Discovered Klotho Gene Family
Japan Academy Prize	KADOWAKI Takashi	Molecular Basis of Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

104th July 7, 2014

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	AKASAKI Isamu	Creation of GaN-Based Semiconductors of Excellent Quality and Invention of p-n Junction Blue-Light-Emitting Devices
Japan Academy Prize	TERANISHI Juro	Financial System of Prewar Japan
Japan Academy Prize	KONDO Takao	Studies of Biological Time Measurement in Cyanobacteria by Reconstitution of the Circadian Clock
Japan Academy Prize	NAKAJIMA Hiraku	Geometric Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics
Japan Academy Prize	SHUTO Nobuo	Comprehensive Research on Tsunami Hazard Mitigation
Japan Academy Prize	OKAMOTO Yoshio	Study on Precision Synthesis, Structure and Function of Helical Polymers
Japan Academy Prize	MORI Satoshi	Clarification of Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Iron Nutrition of Graminaceous Plants and Its Application to Crop Breeding (Joint Research)
Japan Academy Prize	NISHIZAWA Naoko K.
Japan Academy Prize	TANAKA Koichi	Establishment and Development of Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Japan Academy Prize	YAMAMOTO Masayuki	Deciphering Molecular Basis of Environmental Stress Response
Duke of Edinburgh Prize	KOMAGATA Kazuo	Studies on Microbial Taxonomy and Development of Microbial Culture Collections

105th June 1, 2015

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	HOSONO Hideo	Study on Creation and Application of Inorganic Electro-Active Materials
Japan Academy Prize	SHIMO Hirotoshi	A Study into the History of Mongol Empire
Japan Academy Prize	SUZUKI Keisuke	Studies on Synthesis of Complex Natural Products
Japan Academy Prize	KONDO Yutaka	Science of Global Atmospheric Environment
Japan Academy Prize	MAKISHIMA Kazuo	Study of Strong Magnetic Fields of Neutron Stars by means of X-Ray Observations
Japan Academy Prize	KATORI Hidetoshi	Invention of the Optical Lattice Clock and its Development
Japan Academy Prize	YOSHIDA Minoru	Studies on Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Expression using Bioactive Microbial Metabolites and their Application to Drug Discovery
Japan Academy Prize	MITSUYA Hiroaki	Discovery and Development of Antiviral Therapeutics for HIV Infection and AIDS
Japan Academy Prize	SUZUKI Masakuni	Establishment and Dissemination of the Human in vitro Fertilization Technique in Japan

106th June 27, 2016

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	MORI Kazutoshi	Discovery and Elucidation of the Unfolded Protein Response
Japan Academy Prize	KAWACHI Yoshihiro	A Manchu Dictionary
Japan Academy Prize	MIYAMOTO Ken’ichi	A Critical History of Environmental Pollution in Postwar Japan
Japan Academy Prize	NISHIDA Eisuke	Elucidation of MAP-Kinase Signaling Pathway
Japan Academy Prize	MORITA Kosuke	The Discovery of a Z=113 Superheavy Element
Japan Academy Prize	INOUE Hirochika	Studies on Robots with Sensation and Intelligence
Japan Academy Prize	KITAGAWA Susumu	Studies on Creation and Application of Porous Coordination Polymers
Japan Academy Prize	KAWAOKA Yoshihiro	Molecular Basis of Pathogenicity and Control of Influenza Viruses
Japan Academy Prize	MISHINA Masayoshi	Studies on Synaptic Molecules, Learning and Memory
Duke of Edinburgh Prize	MATSUOKA Makoto	A Study on the Phytohormone, Gibberellin, Contributing to Species Conservation, Plant Diversity, and Crop Productivity

107th June 12, 2017

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	HASEGAWA Akira	Seismological Study on Tectonics in Subduction Zones
Japan Academy Prize	NARASAWA Yumi	Les autels chrétiens du Sud de la Gaule (Ve - XIIe siècles)
Japan Academy Prize	SHIMIZU Hiromu	Grassroots Globalization: Cultural Practice and Life Strategy in a UNESCO World Heritage Village
Japan Academy Prize	TAKASAKI Fumihiko	Studies of CP Violation in the B-Meson System
Japan Academy Prize	ARAKAWA Yasuhiko	Research on Quantum Dots and their Application in Photonic Devices
Japan Academy Prize	YOKOBORI Toshimitsu	The Research on the Fundamental Theories of Fatigue and Time-dependent Strength of Materials based on Meso-scale Dynamics and their Practical Applications
Japan Academy Prize	NAMBA Shigetou	Molecular Biological Study on the Phytoplasmas, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
Japan Academy Prize	TODA Tatsushi	Systematic Clinical, Biochemical, and Molecular Elucidation of Genetic Disorders due to Defective Synthesis of O-Mannose Type Sugar Chains, including Fukuyama-type Muscular Dystrophy, and Discovery of Sugar Chains of Novel Structures (Joint Research)
Japan Academy Prize	ENDO Tamao
Japan Academy Prize	KITAMURA Soichiro	A New Arena in Cardiac Surgery: Pediatric Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

108th June 25, 2018

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	MATSUMURA Takeshi	Dictionnaire du français médiéval
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	TOYOSHIMA Chikashi	Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanism of ATP-driven Ion-Transport
Japan Academy Prize	MISAGAWA Akihiro	Die Anfänge der deutschen Geschichte— Das mittelalteriche Römische Reich und das ethnische Werden der Deutschen
Japan Academy Prize	KUSUOKA Shigeo	Study of Stochastic Analysis and Mathematical Finance
Japan Academy Prize	MARUOKA Keiji	Development of Chiral Phase-transfer Catalysts
Japan Academy Prize	AIDA Takuzo	Studies on Precision Hierarchical Design of Innovative Soft Materials
Japan Academy Prize	HORIE Takeshi	Agricultural Systems Studies on the Effect of Global Warming on Rice Production in Asia
Japan Academy Prize	NAGANOTetsuo	Research on General Principles for Modulating the Fluorescence Properties of Bioimaging Probes and Their Applications to Life Science
Japan Academy Prize	SEINO Susumu	Studies on the Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction that Regulates Insulin Secretion
Duke of Edinburgh Prize	SUWA Gen	Human Origins and Evolution: from Ardipithecus ramidus to Homo sapiens

109th June 17, 2019

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	FUJITA Makoto	Crystalline Sponge Method: Innovation of X-ray Crystallography and its Development into Molecular Science and Technology
Japan Academy Prize	YAMAZAKI Shiro	The Materials Mobilization Plan during the Pacific War
Japan Academy Prize	HIRAMA Masahiro	Total Synthesis of Ciguatoxins and Structurally Complex Bioactive Natural Products
Japan Academy Prize	TSUNETA Saku	Studies of Solar Magnetohydrodynamic Phenomena by the Satellite Observations
Japan Academy Prize	NAGAMINE Kanetada	Explorations of Muon-Beam Science and Non-Destructive Muon Radiography of Large-Scale Objects
Japan Academy Prize	FUJINO Yozo	Vibration and its Control in Large Civil Structures
Japan Academy Prize	ISOGAI Akira	Studies on Completely Dispersed Cellulose Nanofibers Originating from Plant
Japan Academy Prize	NAGASAWA Takashi	Elucidation of Microenvironments Essential for the Maintenance of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Hematopoiesis, and Bone
Japan Academy Prize	TAKAYANAGI Hiroshi	Studies on Osteoimmunology that Unifies Bone Biology and Immunology

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