5th Japan Academy Medal

At the Japan Academy’s 1026th General Meeting held on 12 Februay 2009, six following highly promising young researchers were selected to receive the FY2008 Japan Academy Medal:

Name	Schuichi KOIZUMI
Year of Birth	1963
Theme	Glial Regulation of the Brain Function

Name	Takeshi TSUJI
Year of Birth	1967
Theme	p-adic Hodge Theory and its Application

Name	Masaya NOTOMI
Year of Birth	1964
Theme	Discovery and Applications of Novel Functions of Photonic Crystals

Name	Taiji FURUSAWA
Year of Birth	1963
Theme	Game Theoretic Approach to International Political Economy

Name	Noriko MIYA
Year of Birth	1972
Theme	Cultural Policy and Publishing Activities during the Mongol Period

Name	Teruhiko WAKAYAMA
Year of Birth	1967
Theme	Development of Novel Biotechnologies for Animal Reproduction