The 105th Annual Award Ceremony took place

The 105th Annual Award Ceremony was held on June 1, 2015, in the presence of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress.

Prize recipient Dr. SHIMO, Hirotoshi describing his research results to Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress	105th Award Ceremony (Dr. HOSONO, Hideo)	Recipients

The Medals and Prizes were presented to the following recipients:

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