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

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101st June 20, 2011

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

102nd June 4, 2012

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	Kazuyoshi YOSHIKAWA	Proust et l’art pictural
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	Keiichi NAMBA	Structural and Functional Analyses of Biological Macromolecular Nanomachines
Japan Academy Prize	Satoru NAKANISHI	Wealthy Kitamae Shipowners and Japanese Capitalism
Japan Academy Prize	Takaaki KAJITA	Discovery of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations
Japan Academy Prize	Kunio TAKAYANAGI	Investigation of Nano-structures using an Ultra-high Vacuum Electron Microscope
Japan Academy Prize	Tsutomu KIMURA	Mechanical Behaviour of Foundation Soils
Japan Academy Prize	Fumihiko SATO	Microbial Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites, Isoquinoline Alkaloids, Based on Metabolic Engineering Research (Joint Research)
	Hidehiko KUMAGAI
Japan Academy Prize	Masamitsu FUTAI	Studies on the Synthesis and Cellular Use of Biological Energy
Japan Academy Prize	Shimon SAKAGUCHI	Control of Immune Responses by Regulatory T Cells
Duke of Edinburgh Prize	Katsumi TSUKAMOTO	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	Jun MATSUURA	Martin Luther: Erfurter Annotationen 1509-1510/11
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	Yoshinori TOKURA	Study of Strongly Correlated Electron Materials with Emergent Electromagnetic Functions
Japan Academy Prize	Hiroshi KŌZEN	Research on Chinese Literary Theory
Japan Academy Prize	Kazuyuki TATSUMI	Study on Bioinorganic Chemistry of the Active Sites of Metalloreductases
Japan Academy Prize	Masanori IYE	Observational Studies of the Early Universe
Japan Academy Prize	Masataka NAKAZAWA	The Realization of Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier and its Application to Sophistication of Optical Communication Technology
Japan Academy Prize	Eimei SATO	Studies on the Regulatory Mechanism of Oogenesis in Mammals
Japan Academy Prize	Yo-ichi NABESHIMA	Control of Homeostasis by Newly Discovered Klotho Gene Family
Japan Academy Prize	Takashi KADOWAKI	Molecular Basis of Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

104th July 7, 2014

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

105th June 1, 2015

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	Hideo HOSONO	Study on Creation and Application of Inorganic Electro-Active Materials
Japan Academy Prize	Hirotoshi SHIMO	A Study into the History of Mongol Empire
Japan Academy Prize	Keisuke SUZUKI	Studies on Synthesis of Complex Natural Products
Japan Academy Prize	Yutaka KONDO	Science of Global Atmospheric Environment
Japan Academy Prize	Kazuo MAKISHIMA	Study of Strong Magnetic Fields of Neutron Stars by means of X-Ray Observations
Japan Academy Prize	Hidetoshi KATORI	Invention of the Optical Lattice Clock and its Development
Japan Academy Prize	Minoru YOSHIDA	Studies on Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Expression using Bioactive Microbial Metabolites and their Application to Drug Discovery
Japan Academy Prize	Hiroaki MITSUYA	Discovery and Development of Antiviral Therapeutics for HIV Infection and AIDS
Japan Academy Prize	Masakuni SUZUKI	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	Kazutoshi MORI	Discovery and Elucidation of the Unfolded Protein Response
Japan Academy Prize	Yoshihiro KAWACHI	A Manchu Dictionary
Japan Academy Prize	Ken’ichi MIYAMOTO	A Critical History of Environmental Pollution in Postwar Japan
Japan Academy Prize	Eisuke NISHIDA	Elucidation of MAP-Kinase Signaling Pathway
Japan Academy Prize	Kosuke MORITA	The Discovery of a Z=113 Superheavy Element
Japan Academy Prize	Hirochika INOUE	Studies on Robots with Sensation and Intelligence
Japan Academy Prize	Susumu KITAGAWA	Studies on Creation and Application of Porous Coordination Polymers
Japan Academy Prize	Yoshihiro KAWAOKA	Molecular Basis of Pathogenicity and Control of Influenza Viruses
Japan Academy Prize	Masayoshi MISHINA	Studies on Synaptic Molecules, Learning and Memory
Duke of Edinburgh Prize	Makoto MATSUOKA	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	Akira HASEGAWA	Seismological Study on Tectonics in Subduction Zones
Japan Academy Prize	Yumi NARASAWA	Les autels chrétiens du Sud de la Gaule (Ve - XIIe siècles)
Japan Academy Prize	Hiromu SHIMIZU	Grassroots Globalization: Cultural Practice and Life Strategy in a UNESCO World Heritage Village
Japan Academy Prize	Fumihiko TAKASAKI	Studies of CP Violation in the B-Meson System
Japan Academy Prize	Yasuhiko ARAKAWA	Research on Quantum Dots and their Application in Photonic Devices
Japan Academy Prize	Toshimitsu YOKOBORI	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	Shigetou NAMBA	Molecular Biological Study on the Phytoplasmas, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
Japan Academy Prize	Tatsushi TODA	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)
	Tamao ENDO
Japan Academy Prize	Soichiro KITAMURA	A New Arena in Cardiac Surgery: Pediatric Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

108th June 25, 2018

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

109th June 17, 2019

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

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