The Japan Academy

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

111th-

111th June 21, 2021

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize A Study of Old Korean Books Extant in Japan: History [PDF:214KB] FUJIMOTO Yukio
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Multilateral Studies on Singularities [PDF:265KB] ISHII Shihoko
Japan Academy Prize Technological Innovations in Bioimaging for a Better Understanding of the Spatiotemporal Regulation of Cellular Signaling Mechanisms [PDF:290KB] MIYAWAKI Atsushi
Japan Academy Prize Elucidation of the Physical Properties of Liquid Crystal and the Study of High-Performance Liquid Crystal Displays [PDF:399KB] KOBAYASHI Shunsuke and UCHIDA Tatsuo
Japan Academy Prize Multiscale–Multiphysics Simulation of the Human Heart and its Application to Medicine (Joint Research) [PDF:262KB] HISADA Toshiaki and SUGIURA Seiryo
Japan Academy Prize Study on the Biosynthesis and Regulation of Plant Growth Hormones [PDF:301KB] KAMIYA Yuji
Japan Academy Prize Elucidation of the Stress Response Mechanism based on the ASK Family [PDF:282KB] ICHIJO Hidenori
Japan Academy Prize Discovery of Linear Ubiquitin Chains and Analyses of their Roles in Inflammatory Responses [PDF:252KB] IWAI Kazuhiro

112th June 27, 2022

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and
Japan Academy Prize
Discovery of Principles of Structural Plasticity in Brain Spine Synapses [PDF:238KB] KASAI Haruo
Japan Academy Prize Japanese Zaibatsu Holding Company in the Historical Perspective: The Head Office Functions and Internal Capital Market [PDF:256KB] TAKEDA Haruhito
Japan Academy Prize Development of Organo Rare-Earth Chemistry and Exploration of New Synthetic Methods [PDF:307KB] HOU Zhaomin
Japan Academy Prize Pioneering Research on the Physics of Spin Current [PDF:238KB] SAITOH Eiji
Japan Academy Prize Understanding Mechanism of the 100,000-Year Period Glacial Cycle [PDF:236KB] ABE-OUCHI Ayako
Japan Academy Prize Understanding of Brain Functions by Computational Neuroscience and Development of Brain Machine Interface [PDF:304KB] KAWATO Mitsuo
Japan Academy Prize Exploration of Ultimate Light Control Based on Photonic Crystals and its Application for Advanced Semiconductor Lasers [PDF:273KB] NODA Susumu
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Development of Inverse Analysis by the Kalman Filter and its Applications to Geotechnical Engineering [PDF:303KB] MURAKAMI Akira
Japan Academy Prize Biomedical and Engineering Research on Real-time Tumor Tracking Radiotherapy/Particle Beam Therapy against Cancer [PDF:265KB] SHIRATO Hiroki
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Development and Application of a Method for Analyzing Changes in the Biological World Using Advanced Analysis of Compound-Specific Isotope Ratio [PDF:318KB] OHKOUCHI Naohiko

113th June 12, 2023

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Contributions to Development and Worldwide Dissemination of the QR Code System [PDF:379KB] HARA Masahiro
Japan Academy Prize Early Modern Currency and Economic Development [PDF:249KB] IWAHASHI Masaru
Japan Academy Prize The Regulatory Network Involved in Environmental Stress Responses and Tolerance in Plants (Joint Research) [PDF:328KB] SHINOZAKI Kazuo and YAMAGUCHI-SHINOZAKI Kazuko
Japan Academy Prize Development of State-of-the-Art Electron Microscopy and Contribution to Nano Interface Technology (Joint Research) [PDF:338KB] IKUHARA Yuichi and SHIBATA Naoya
Japan Academy Prize Pioneering Research on Superconducting Qubits and Their Quantum Control (Joint Research) [PDF:348KB] NAKAMURA Yasunobu and TSAI Jaw-Shen
Japan Academy Prize Bio-organic Chemistry Studies on the Regulation Mechanism of Biomineralization [PDF:283KB] NAGASAWA Hiromichi
Japan Academy Prize Peroxisome Biogenesis and its Role in the Pathogenesis of Human Peroxisome-Deficiency Disorders [PDF:300KB] FUJIKI Yukio
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Activity-Dependent Functional Adjustment of Neural Circuits [PDF:285KB] KANO Masanobu