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

114th July 7, 2024

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Herrschaft, Delegation und Kommunikation in der Karolingerzeit. Untersuchungen zu den Missi dominici (751–888) [PDF:133KB] KIKUCHI Shigeto
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Discovery of Deep Low-Frequency Tremor at Subducting Plate Interface and Development of Slow Earthquake Seismology [PDF:158KB] OBARA Kazushige
Japan Academy Prize Dazai Osamu: The Work and Life [PDF:754KB] ANDO Hiroshi
Japan Academy Prize Pioneering and Promoting Cosmological Research Using Gravitational Lensing Effects (Joint Research) [PDF:233KB] MIYAZAKI Satoshi and OGURI Masamune
Japan Academy Prize Development of Organo-Metal Perovskite-Based Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells [PDF:163KB] MIYASAKA Tsutomu
Japan Academy Prize Pioneering Works for the Development of De Novo Peptide Therapeutics [PDF:154KB] SUGA Hiroaki
Japan Academy Prize Novel Microbial Functions, their Discovery through Screening, and their Application in the Large-Scale Production of Useful Compounds [PDF:152KB] SHIMIZU Sakayu
Japan Academy Prize Translational Research on Antibody Drug Development for Adult T-cell Leukemia and Lymphoma [PDF:145KB] UEDA Ryuzo
Japan Academy Prize Starting with Caries Vaccine Research, Establishing Mucosal Immunology and Developing Oral and Nasal Vaccines [PDF:155KB] KIYONO Hiroshi

115th June 10, 2025

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Discovery of the Basic Principle of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and its Development of the Method in Brain Science[PDF:596KB] OGAWA Seiji
Japan Academy Prize  La légalité de l’art. La question du théâtre au miroir de la casuistique[PDF:735KB] MORIMOTO Yosuke
Japan Academy Prize The Japanese Cotton Industry from the Tokugawa Era to the Interwar Period [PDF:611KB] ABE Takeshi
Japan Academy Prize Developmental Studies to Elucidate the Mechanism of Morphological Evolution in Vertebrates[PDF:669KB] KURATANI Shigeru
Japan Academy Prize The Discovery of Asymmetric Autocatalysis and Insights into the Origins of Homochirality[PDF:703KB] SOAI Kenso
Japan Academy Prize Fundamental Research on Computation and Control of Humanoid Robot Motions [PDF:663KB] NAKAMURA Yoshihiko
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Mechanisms of Blue Flower Coloration by Anthocyanins [PDF:784KB] YOSHIDA Kumi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Mechanisms of Neural Circuit Formation through the Development of Imaging Techniques [PDF:685KB] OKABE Shigeo
Japan Academy Prize Unraveling the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease through Genetic Analysis [PDF:570KB] HATTORI Nobutaka