About the Academy
Institutional Objective
Former building of the Academy
The Japan Academy affords the highly distinguished scientists who are its members preferential treatment with an eye to initiating and carrying out activities that will contribute to scientific and academic progress.
History
1879 | January | The Tokyo Academy was established (with maximum membership of 40). |
June | Tokyo Academy Magazine was issued (Vol.1 , No.1). | |
1890 | October | The Tokyo Academy Statute was promulgated. |
1895 | March | Honorary Membership was established. |
1906 | June | The Statute of the Imperial Academy was promulgated (with maximum membership of 60). |
December | The Imperial Academy joined the Internationale Assoziation der Akademien (IAA). | |
1911 | April | The Imperial Prize was established. |
July | The first award ceremony was held. | |
November | The Imperial Academy Prize was established. | |
1912 | March | Proceedings of the Imperial Academy was issued (Vol. 1, No. 1). |
1919 | October | The Imperial Academy joined the Union Académique Internationale (UAI). |
1925 | May | The Statute of the Imperial Academy was partially amended (to increase maximum membership to 100). |
1942 | March | Transactions of the Imperial Academy (in Japanese) was issued (Vol. 1, No. 1). |
1947 | December | The Imperial Academy was renamed The Japan Academy. |
1949 | January | The Japan Academy became an institution attached to the Science Council of Japan (with maximum membership of 150). |
1956 | March | The Law of the Japan Academy was promulgated. The Japan Academy became independent of the Science Council of Japan. |
1971 | March | Exchange program with foreign academies started. |
1983 | June | Visiting program of Honorary Members started. |
1984 | October | The first public lecture meeting was held. |
1987 | June | The Duke of Edinburgh Prize was adopted. |
2004 | November | Japan Academy Medal was established. |
Budget
Japan Academy’s general account budget allocation: ¥623,650,000 (FY 2022)