The 110th and 111th Annual Award Ceremony was held

The 110th and 111th Annual Award Ceremony was held on June 21, 2021, in the presence of Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress.

The Medals and Prizes were presented to the following recipients:

110th Recipients

Prize	Name	Title
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize	SAITOU Mitinori	Mechanism and In Vitro Reconstitution of Germ Cell Development
Japan Academy Prize	TAGUCHI Masaki	Königliche Gerichtsbarkeit und regionale Konfliktbeilegung im deutschen Spätmittelalter: Die Regierungszeit Ludwigs des Bayern (1314–1347)
Japan Academy Prize	KAMBAYASHI Ryo	Standard Workers, Non-standard Workers: Central Issues in Labour Economics in Japan Today
Japan Academy Prize	KAWAI Maki	Single-Molecule Spectroscopy Elucidating Chemical Reactions at Solid Surfaces
Japan Academy Prize	OZIMA Minoru	Noble Gas Geochemistry
Japan Academy Prize	OKADA Tsuneo	Study on Seismic Performance Evaluation and Upgrade of Existing Vulnerable Buildings
Japan Academy Prize	KITSUREGAWA Masaru	Pioneering Research on the Theory and Application of Large-scale High-performance Database Systems
Japan Academy Prize	SANO Teruo	Studies on Viroid
Japan Academy Prize	MANO Hiroyuki	Discovery of EML4-ALK Oncogene and Promotion of Cancer Genomic Medicine
Duke of Edinburgh Prize	KITA Kiyoshi	Studies on the Strategy of Survival and Expansion Exhibited by Tropical Pathogenic Microorganisms: Diversity in the Adaptation Mechanisms in the Parasites

111th Recipients

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