The Japan Academy

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

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101st June 20, 2011
Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Studies on "The Revelation of John" SATAKE Akira
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Studies on Nonlinear Ship Wave MIYATA Hideaki
Japan Academy Prize Uighur Abhidharma Texts: A Philological Study SHOGAITO Masahiro
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Fujiwara Tameie SATO Tsuneo
Japan Academy Prize Roman Origins of the Law of Possession KOBA Akira
Japan Academy Prize Study of Pure Twister D-modules MOCHIZUKI Takuro
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Materials and Dynamics of the Earth’s Deepest Mantle HIROSE Kei
Japan Academy Prize Pioneering Accomplishments in Glycobiology, Especially on the Significance of N-glycans in Disease TANIGUCHI Naoyuki
Japan Academy Prize Study on Cell Signaling and Its Regulation in Cancer MIYAZONO Kohei

 

102nd June 4, 2012
Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Proust et l’art pictural YOSHIKAWA Kazuyoshi
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Structural and Functional Analyses of Biological Macromolecular Nanomachines NAMBA Keiichi
Japan Academy Prize Wealthy Kitamae Shipowners and Japanese Capitalism NAKANISHI Satoru
Japan Academy Prize Discovery of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations KAJITA Takaaki
Japan Academy Prize Investigation of Nano-structures using an Ultra-high Vacuum Electron Microscope TAKAYANAGI Kunio
Japan Academy Prize Mechanical Behaviour of Foundation Soils KIMURA Tsutomu
Japan Academy Prize Microbial Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites, Isoquinoline Alkaloids, Based on Metabolic Engineering Research (Joint Research) SATO Fumihiko
KUMAGAI Hidehiko
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Synthesis and Cellular Use of Biological Energy FUTAI Masamitsu
Japan Academy Prize Control of Immune Responses by Regulatory T Cells SAKAGUCHI Shimon
Duke of Edinburgh Prize The Fundamental Studies on Fish Migration, especially the Discovery of the Eel Spawning Area in the Pacific TSUKAMOTO Katsumi

 

103rd June 17, 2013
Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Martin Luther: Erfurter Annotationen 1509-1510/11 MATSUURA Jun
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Study of Strongly Correlated Electron Materials with Emergent Electromagnetic Functions TOKURA Yoshinori
Japan Academy Prize Research on Chinese Literary Theory KŌZEN Hiroshi
Japan Academy Prize Study on Bioinorganic Chemistry of the Active Sites of Metalloreductases TATSUMI Kazuyuki
Japan Academy Prize Observational Studies of the Early Universe IYE Masanori
Japan Academy Prize The Realization of Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier and its Application to Sophistication of Optical Communication Technology NAKAZAWA Masataka
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Regulatory Mechanism of Oogenesis in Mammals SATO Eimei
Japan Academy Prize Control of Homeostasis by Newly Discovered Klotho Gene Family NABESHIMA Yo-ichi
Japan Academy Prize Molecular Basis of Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome KADOWAKI Takashi

 

104th July 7, 2014
Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Creation of GaN-Based Semiconductors of Excellent Quality and Invention of p-n Junction Blue-Light-Emitting Devices AKASAKI Isamu
Japan Academy Prize Financial System of Prewar Japan TERANISHI Juro
Japan Academy Prize Studies of Biological Time Measurement in Cyanobacteria by Reconstitution of the Circadian Clock KONDO Takao
Japan Academy Prize Geometric Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics NAKAJIMA Hiraku
Japan Academy Prize Comprehensive Research on Tsunami Hazard Mitigation SHUTO Nobuo
Japan Academy Prize Study on Precision Synthesis, Structure and Function of Helical Polymers OKAMOTO Yoshio
Japan Academy Prize Clarification of Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Iron Nutrition of Graminaceous Plants and Its Application to Crop Breeding (Joint Research) MORI Satoshi
NISHIZAWA Naoko K.
Japan Academy Prize Establishment and Development of Living Donor Liver Transplantation TANAKA Koichi
Japan Academy Prize Deciphering Molecular Basis of Environmental Stress Response YAMAMOTO Masayuki
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Studies on Microbial Taxonomy and Development of Microbial Culture Collections KOMAGATA Kazuo

 

105th June 1, 2015
Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Study on Creation and Application of Inorganic Electro-Active Materials HOSONO Hideo
Japan Academy Prize A Study into the History of Mongol Empire SHIMO Hirotoshi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Synthesis of Complex Natural Products SUZUKI Keisuke
Japan Academy Prize Science of Global Atmospheric Environment KONDO Yutaka
Japan Academy Prize Study of Strong Magnetic Fields of Neutron Stars by means of X-Ray Observations MAKISHIMA Kazuo
Japan Academy Prize Invention of the Optical Lattice Clock and its Development KATORI Hidetoshi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Expression using Bioactive Microbial Metabolites and their Application to Drug Discovery YOSHIDA Minoru
Japan Academy Prize Discovery and Development of Antiviral Therapeutics for HIV Infection and AIDS MITSUYA Hiroaki
Japan Academy Prize Establishment and Dissemination of the Human in vitro Fertilization Technique in Japan SUZUKI Masakuni

 

106th June 27, 2016
Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Discovery and Elucidation of the Unfolded Protein Response MORI Kazutoshi
Japan Academy Prize A Manchu Dictionary KAWACHI Yoshihiro
Japan Academy Prize A Critical History of Environmental Pollution in Postwar Japan MIYAMOTO Ken’ichi
Japan Academy Prize Elucidation of MAP-Kinase Signaling Pathway NISHIDA Eisuke
Japan Academy Prize The Discovery of a Z=113 Superheavy Element MORITA Kosuke
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Robots with Sensation and Intelligence INOUE Hirochika
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Creation and Application of Porous Coordination Polymers KITAGAWA Susumu
Japan Academy Prize Molecular Basis of Pathogenicity and Control of Influenza Viruses KAWAOKA Yoshihiro
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Synaptic Molecules, Learning and Memory MISHINA Masayoshi
Duke of Edinburgh Prize A Study on the Phytohormone, Gibberellin, Contributing to Species Conservation, Plant Diversity, and Crop Productivity MATSUOKA Makoto

 

107th June 12, 2017
Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Seismological Study on Tectonics in Subduction Zones HASEGAWA Akira
Japan Academy Prize Les autels chrétiens du Sud de la Gaule (Ve - XIIe siècles) NARASAWA Yumi
Japan Academy Prize Grassroots Globalization: Cultural Practice and Life Strategy in a UNESCO World Heritage Village SHIMIZU Hiromu
Japan Academy Prize Studies of CP Violation in the B-Meson System TAKASAKI Fumihiko
Japan Academy Prize Research on Quantum Dots and their Application in Photonic Devices ARAKAWA Yasuhiko
Japan Academy Prize The Research on the Fundamental Theories of Fatigue and Time-dependent Strength of Materials based on Meso-scale Dynamics and their Practical Applications YOKOBORI Toshimitsu
Japan Academy Prize Molecular Biological Study on the Phytoplasmas, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria NAMBA Shigetou
Japan Academy Prize 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) TODA Tatsushi
ENDO Tamao
Japan Academy Prize A New Arena in Cardiac Surgery: Pediatric Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery KITAMURA Soichiro

 

108th June 25, 2018
Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Dictionnaire du français médiéval MATSUMURA Takeshi
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanism of ATP-driven Ion-Transport TOYOSHIMA Chikashi
Japan Academy Prize Die Anfänge der deutschen Geschichte— Das mittelalteriche Römische Reich und das ethnische Werden der Deutschen MISAGAWA Akihiro
Japan Academy Prize Study of Stochastic Analysis and Mathematical Finance KUSUOKA Shigeo
Japan Academy Prize Development of Chiral Phase-transfer Catalysts MARUOKA Keiji
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Precision Hierarchical Design of Innovative Soft Materials AIDA Takuzo
Japan Academy Prize Agricultural Systems Studies on the Effect of Global Warming on Rice Production in Asia HORIE Takeshi
Japan Academy Prize Research on General Principles for Modulating the Fluorescence Properties of Bioimaging Probes and Their Applications to Life Science NAGANOTetsuo
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction that Regulates Insulin Secretion SEINO Susumu
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Human Origins and Evolution: from Ardipithecus ramidus to Homo sapiens SUWA Gen
109th June 17, 2019
Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Crystalline Sponge Method: Innovation of X-ray Crystallography and its Development into Molecular Science and Technology FUJITA Makoto
Japan Academy Prize The Materials Mobilization Plan during the Pacific War YAMAZAKI Shiro
Japan Academy Prize Total Synthesis of Ciguatoxins and Structurally Complex Bioactive Natural Products HIRAMA Masahiro
Japan Academy Prize Studies of Solar Magnetohydrodynamic Phenomena by the Satellite Observations TSUNETA Saku
Japan Academy Prize Explorations of Muon-Beam Science and Non-Destructive Muon Radiography of Large-Scale Objects NAGAMINE Kanetada
Japan Academy Prize Vibration and its Control in Large Civil Structures FUJINO Yozo
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Completely Dispersed Cellulose Nanofibers Originating from Plant ISOGAI Akira
Japan Academy Prize Elucidation of Microenvironments Essential for the Maintenance of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Hematopoiesis, and Bone NAGASAWA Takashi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Osteoimmunology that Unifies Bone Biology and Immunology TAKAYANAGI Hiroshi