The Japan Academy

The Imperial Prize,Japan Academy Prize,Duke of Edinburgh Prize Recipients

91st - 100th

91st June 11, 2001

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Understanding Saving: Evidence from the United States and Japan HAYASHI Fumio
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Basic Biological Studies on the Morphogenesis in Early Embryos ASASHIMA Makoto
Japan Academy Prize The Natural Philosophy of Descartes KOBAYASHI Michio
Japan Academy Prize David Hume's Civilized Society: Industry, Knowledge and Liberty SAKAMOTO Tatsuya
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Earth's Magnetospheric Structure and Plasma Convection NISHIDA Atsuhiro
Japan Academy Prize Discovery of Synthetic Bilayer Membrane and Development of Molecular Organization Chemistry KUNITAKE Toyoki
Japan Academy Prize Biochemistry of Wood Components: Biosynthesis and Microbial Degradation of Lignin HIGUCHI Takayoshi
Japan Academy Prize Regulation of Thrombolysis: α2 Plasmin Inhibitor and its Physiological Significance AOKI Nobuo
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Vitamin D and Bone SUDA Tatsuo

 

92nd June 10, 2002

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize The Evolution of a Manufacturing System at Toyota FUJIMOTO Takahiro
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Development of High-Resolution Electron Microscope and Discovery of the Carbon Nanotubes IIJIMA Sumio
Japan Academy Prize A Historical Study on the Japanese Pronunciation of Chinese Characters NUMOTO Katsuaki
Japan Academy Prize Monastery and Peasants: The Loire Region in the Formative Period of the Middle Ages Viewed through the Accounting Documents SATO Shoichi
Japan Academy Prize Theoretical Study of Metamorphic Rocks and Its Contribution to Tectonics MIYASHIRO Akiho
Japan Academy Prize Stabilization of Supercooled Liquid and Development of Bulk Metallic Glasses INOUE Akihisa
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Self/Nonself Recognition System in Self-Incompatibility of Brassica (Joint Research) HINATA Kokichi
ISOGAI Akira
Japan Academy Prize Utilization of Structural Characteristics of Nucleic Acids to Understand Genetic Information SEKIYA Takao
Japan Academy Prize Investigation of the Pathogenetic Mechanism of Neurogenetic Disorders, Particularly of the Sphingolipidoses SUZUKI Kunihiko
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Studies on Methods of Analysing Ecosystems and Their Application to Conservation of Environments KURIHARA Yasushi

 

93rd June 9, 2003

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Regulation of Cell Cycle and Chromosome Segregation YANAGIDA Mitsuhiro
Japan Academy Prize History and Society in South India: The Cholas to Vijayanagar KARASHIMA Noboru
Japan Academy Prize The Jews in Vienna NOMURA Mari
Japan Academy Prize Research in Differential Geometry FUKAYA Kenji
Japan Academy Prize Study of Molecular Magnet (Joint Research) ITOH Koichi
IWAMURA Hiizu
KINOSHITA Minoru
Japan Academy Prize Researches on Fluid Dynamics of Centrifugal Turbomachines SENOO Yasutoshi
Japan Academy Prize Molecular Biology of Plant Virus RNA Genomes and its Application to Agriculture OKADA Yoshimi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Experimental Diabetes and Its Prevention OKAMOTO Hiroshi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Mechanisms of Mobilization of Calcium Ion in Muscle Cells ENDO Makoto

 

94th June 14, 2004

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Studies for the Restoration on the Map of the Territory under Direct Control of Kamo-Wakeikazuchi Shrine in Medieval Japan SUMA Chikahi
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Chemistry, Etiology, and Food Chain Dynamics of Marine Toxins YASUMOTO Takeshi
Japan Academy Prize Bābur and His Times MANO Eiji
Japan Academy Prize A History of Shōwa Japan, 1926-1989 NAKAMURA Takafusa
Japan Academy Prize Physical Elucidation of Earthquake Phenomena near Source Region KANAMORI Hiroo
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Development of New Synthetic Reactions Using Palladium Catalysts (Joint Research) TSUJI Jiro
SUZUKI Akira
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Semiconductor Photocatalytic Reactions FUJISHIMA Akira
Japan Academy Prize Molecular Basis for Intercellular Barriers in the Epithelium TSUKITA Shoichiro
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Replication and Pathogenesis of Poliovirus NOMOTO Akio
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Field Research on Primates in Japan and Africa, with Emphasis on Environmental Adaptation and Societal Formation KAWAI Masao

 

95th June 13, 2005

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Research on Arithmetic Geometry KATO Kazuya
Japan Academy Prize Recherches sur Pascal SHIOKAWA Tetsuya
Japan Academy Prize A History of the German Idea of Welfare State KIMURA Shuichiro
Japan Academy Prize Formation of Modern Industrial Labor Force in Asia-Economic Development, Culture and Job Consciousness KIYOKAWA Yukihiko
Japan Academy Prize Theoretical Investigation of the Formation of Black Holes and the Emission of Gravitational Waves NAKAMURA Takashi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Quantum Control of Electrons by Semiconductor Nanostructures and Ferromagnetism (Joint Research) SAKAKI Hiroyuki
OHNO Hideo
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Control of Influenza —Mechanism of Emergence of Pandemic Influenza Virus Strains in Poultry, Domestic Animals and Humans, and Molecular Basis of the Neutralization of Viral Infectivity with Antibodies KIDA Hiroshi
Japan Academy Prize Development and Malignant Transformation of Mast Cells and Interstitial Cells of Cajal through KIT Receptors KITAMURA Yukihiko
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Development of Asymmetric Catalysts and its Application to Medicinal Chemistry SHIBASAKI Masakatsu

 

96th July 3, 2006

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Prostaglandin Receptors NARUMIYA Shuh
Japan Academy Prize Electronic Payment and Law IWAHARA Shinsaku
Japan Academy Prize Welfare Economics beyond Welfarist-consequentialism SUZUMURA Kotaro
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Molecular Interactions and Chemical Reaction Dynamics of Photo-excited Molecules MATAGA Noboru
Japan Academy Prize Molecular Mechanism and Physiological Function of Autophagy OHSUMI Yoshinori
Japan Academy Prize Studies of Antineutrino Science SUZUKI Atsuto
Japan Academy Prize Research on the Computer Architecture with High Real-time Performance SAKAMURA Ken
Japan Academy Prize Studies of Alkaliphilic Microorganisms: Their Diversity, Physiology, and Applications HORIKOSHI Koki
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Foundation and Development of Diagnostic Ultrasound WAGAI Toshio
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Development of Rehabilitation Technology for Deteriorated Tropical Forests —Technologies Developed Based on the Studies of Physiological and Ecological Characteristics of Tropical Forest Species SASAKI Satohiko

 

97th June 11, 2007

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Agriculture and Society at the Last Stage of Satsuma Feudal Fief —A Study of Moriya Family, a Rural Warrior in Kōyama-Gō— [PDF:482KB] HIDEMURA Senzô
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Pathogen Recognition by Innate Immunity and its Signaling [PDF:501KB] AKIRA Shizuo
Japan Academy Prize The Mongol Empire and Dai-ön Ulus [PDF:474KB] SUGIYAMA Masaaki
Japan Academy Prize Accretion Tectonics and Evolution of the Japan Islands [PDF:485KB] TAIRA Asahiko
Japan Academy Prize Experimental Studies of Two-Dimensional Electron Systems [PDF:468KB] KAWAJI Shinji
Japan Academy Prize Exploitation of Chemical and Physical Properties of Main-group Element Compounds based on Flexibility for High Coordination (Joint Research) [PDF:536KB] YAMAMOTO Hisashi
TAMAO Kohei
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Tribology (Joint Research) [PDF:517KB] HORI Yukio
KATO Koji
Japan Academy Prize Water Demand-Supply Analysis in Large Spatial Areas Based on Evapotranspiration and Runoff [PDF:468KB] MARUYAMA Toshisuke
Japan Academy Prize The Discovery of Associative Memory Neurons in the Cerebral Cortex and Studies of the Cognitive Memory System [PDF:479KB] MIYASHITA Yasushi

98th June 9, 2008

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Theoretical Studies of Design of Structure, Function and Reactivity of Molecules [PDF:44KB] MOROKUMA Keiji
Japan Academy Prize The Persecution of Jews and Christians in the Early Roman Principate [PDF:46KB] HOSAKA Takaya
Japan Academy Prize Inequality in Japan [PDF:44KB] OHTAKE Fumio
Japan Academy Prize Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins based on the Development of an Innovative Cryo-Electron Microscope [PDF:43KB] FUJIYOSHI Yoshinori
Japan Academy Prize Study of Active Galactic Nuclei and Super-Massive Black Holes based on VLBI Observations of Water-Vapor Maser Emission [PDF:42KB] NAKAI Naomasa
Japan Academy Prize Discovery of Optical Soliton Properties in Fibers and of Self-organization of Plasma Turbulence [PDF:43KB] HASEGAWA Akira
Japan Academy Prize Gene Content, Organization and Molecular Evolution of Plant Organellar Genomes and Sex Chromosomes —Insights from the Case of the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha— [PDF:46KB] OHYAMA Kanji
Japan Academy Prize Discovery of Novel Bioactive Peptides with Special Reference to Ghrelin [PDF:52KB] KANGAWA Kenji
Japan Academy Prize Elucidation of the Molecular Basis of Paramyxovirus Pathogenicity and Generation of a Novel Class of Expression Vector [PDF:50KB] NAGAI Yoshiyuki
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Elucidation of Ecosystem Structure and its Response to Environmental Change with Special Reference to the Stable Isotope Fingerprint [PDF:54KB] WADA Eitaro

 

99th June 1, 2009

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Studies on Ci in Song Period [PDF:172KB] MURAKAMI Tetsumi
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Study of Elementary Particle Theory based on Methods of Mathematical Physics [PDF:108KB] EGUCHI Tohru
Japan Academy Prize Electoral Systems and Party Systems and Japanese Diet and Party Politics: Creation, Transformation, and Political Outcomes of Legislative Institutions [PDF:350KB] KAWATO Sadafumi
Japan Academy Prize Formation of Liberalism in France — with a Special Reference to the Condorcets [PDF:65KB] ANDO Takaho
Japan Academy Prize Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products using Carbohydrates [PDF:140KB] TATSUTA Kuniaki
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Computational Science of Large Scale with High Accuracy [PDF:324KB] YAGAWA Genki
WATANABE Tadashi
Japan Academy Prize Establishment of the Cereal Bioresource Genetics and Contribution to Its Application [PDF:280KB] TAKEDA Kazuyoshi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Lipid Mediators and Phospholipid Metabolism [PDF:867KB] SHIMIZU Takao
Japan Academy Prize Regulatory Mechanism of Calcium Concentration inside the Cell [PDF:214KB] MIKOSHIBA Katsuhiko

100th June 21, 2010

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Historical Studies of the Noh Theatre [PDF:51KB] OMOTE Akira
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize The Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells [PDF:64KB] YAMANAKA Shinya
Japan Academy Prize The Judicial System Under the Song Dynasty: 960–1279 [PDF:51KB] UMEHARA Kaoru
Japan Academy Prize Economic Development in Comparative and Historical Perspective [PDF:51KB] SAITO Osamu
Japan Academy Prize Discovery of Fundamental Mechanisms for Division and Inheritance of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts [PDF:71KB] KUROIWA Tsuneyoshi
Japan Academy Prize Accelerating Expansion Model in the Early Universe [PDF:62KB] SATO Katsuhiko
Japan Academy Prize Skeletal Formation and Modification of Organic Compounds via Transition Metal-Based Molecular Catalysts [PDF:88KB] MURAI Shinji
MURAHASHI Shun-Ichi
Japan Academy Prize Invention and Application of Molecules with Novel Biological Functions [PDF:90KB] OHRUI Hiroshi
KITAHARA Takeshi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Structure and Functions of Proteasomes (Protein-degrading Enzyme Complexes) [PDF:68KB] TANAKA Keiji
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Research on Structuring and Conservation of Coral Reef Communities in Japan, Especially in Okinawa [PDF:71KB] NISHIHIRA Moritaka