The 109th Annual Award Ceremony took place

The 109th Annual Award Ceremony was held on June 17, 2019, in the presence of Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress.

Prize recipient Dr. FUJITA, Makoto describing his research results to Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress	109th Award Ceremony (Dr. YAMAZAKI, Shiro)	Recipients

The Medals and Prizes were presented to the following recipients:

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