The Japan Academy

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

101st-110th

101st June 20, 2011

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Studies on "The Revelation of John" [PDF:386KB] SATAKE Akira
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Studies on Nonlinear Ship Wave [PDF:384KB] MIYATA Hideaki
Japan Academy Prize Uighur Abhidharma Texts: A Philological Study [PDF:396KB] SHOGAITO Masahiro
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Fujiwara Tameie [PDF:369KB] SATO Tsuneo
Japan Academy Prize Roman Origins of the Law of Possession [PDF:379KB] KOBA Akira
Japan Academy Prize Study of Pure Twister D-modules [PDF:429KB] MOCHIZUKI Takuro
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Materials and Dynamics of the Earth’s Deepest Mantle [PDF:403KB] HIROSE Kei
Japan Academy Prize Pioneering Accomplishments in Glycobiology, Especially on the Significance of N-glycans in Disease [PDF:459KB] TANIGUCHI Naoyuki
Japan Academy Prize Study on Cell Signaling and Its Regulation in Cancer [PDF:434KB] MIYAZONO Kohei

 

102nd June 4, 2012

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Proust et l’art pictural [PDF:321KB] YOSHIKAWA Kazuyoshi
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Structural and Functional Analyses of Biological Macromolecular Nanomachines [PDF:331KB] NAMBA Keiichi
Japan Academy Prize Wealthy Kitamae Shipowners and Japanese Capitalism [PDF:260KB] NAKANISHI Satoru
Japan Academy Prize Discovery of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations [PDF:292KB] KAJITA Takaaki
Japan Academy Prize Investigation of Nano-structures using an Ultra-high Vacuum Electron Microscope [PDF:288KB] TAKAYANAGI Kunio
Japan Academy Prize Mechanical Behaviour of Foundation Soils [PDF:290KB] KIMURA Tsutomu
Japan Academy Prize Microbial Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites, Isoquinoline Alkaloids, Based on Metabolic Engineering Research (Joint Research) [PDF:397KB] SATO Fumihiko
KUMAGAI Hidehiko
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Synthesis and Cellular Use of Biological Energy [PDF:323KB] FUTAI Masamitsu
Japan Academy Prize Control of Immune Responses by Regulatory T Cells [PDF:283KB] SAKAGUCHI Shimon
Duke of Edinburgh Prize The Fundamental Studies on Fish Migration, especially the Discovery of the Eel Spawning Area in the Pacific [PDF:335KB] TSUKAMOTO Katsumi

 

103rd June 17, 2013

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Martin Luther: Erfurter Annotationen 1509-1510/11 [PDF:426KB] MATSUURA Jun
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Study of Strongly Correlated Electron Materials with Emergent Electromagnetic Functions [PDF:432KB] TOKURA Yoshinori
Japan Academy Prize Research on Chinese Literary Theory [PDF:517KB] KŌZEN Hiroshi
Japan Academy Prize Study on Bioinorganic Chemistry of the Active Sites of Metalloreductases [PDF:457KB] TATSUMI Kazuyuki
Japan Academy Prize Observational Studies of the Early Universe [PDF:447KB] IYE Masanori
Japan Academy Prize The Realization of Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier and its Application to Sophistication of Optical Communication Technology [PDF:424KB] NAKAZAWA Masataka
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Regulatory Mechanism of Oogenesis in Mammals [PDF:425KB] SATO Eimei
Japan Academy Prize Control of Homeostasis by Newly Discovered Klotho Gene Family [PDF:506KB] NABESHIMA Yo-ichi
Japan Academy Prize Molecular Basis of Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome [PDF:489KB] KADOWAKI Takashi

 

104th July 7, 2014

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Creation of GaN-Based Semiconductors of Excellent Quality and Invention of p-n Junction Blue-Light-Emitting Devices [PDF:507KB] AKASAKI Isamu
Japan Academy Prize Financial System of Prewar Japan [PDF:212KB] TERANISHI Juro
Japan Academy Prize Studies of Biological Time Measurement in Cyanobacteria by Reconstitution of the Circadian Clock [PDF:203KB] KONDO Takao
Japan Academy Prize Geometric Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics [PDF:233KB] NAKAJIMA Hiraku
Japan Academy Prize Comprehensive Research on Tsunami Hazard Mitigation [PDF:238KB] SHUTO Nobuo
Japan Academy Prize Study on Precision Synthesis, Structure and Function of Helical Polymers [PDF:210KB] OKAMOTO Yoshio
Japan Academy Prize Clarification of Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Iron Nutrition of Graminaceous Plants and Its Application to Crop Breeding (Joint Research) [PDF:230KB] MORI Satoshi
NISHIZAWA Naoko K.
Japan Academy Prize Establishment and Development of Living Donor Liver Transplantation [PDF:216KB] TANAKA Koichi
Japan Academy Prize Deciphering Molecular Basis of Environmental Stress Response [PDF:636KB] YAMAMOTO Masayuki
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Studies on Microbial Taxonomy and Development of Microbial Culture Collections [PDF:213KB] KOMAGATA Kazuo

 

105th June 1, 2015

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Study on Creation and Application of Inorganic Electro-Active Materials [PDF:385KB] HOSONO Hideo
Japan Academy Prize A Study into the History of Mongol Empire [PDF:406KB] SHIMO Hirotoshi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Synthesis of Complex Natural Products [PDF:422KB] SUZUKI Keisuke
Japan Academy Prize Science of Global Atmospheric Environment [PDF:408KB] KONDO Yutaka
Japan Academy Prize Study of Strong Magnetic Fields of Neutron Stars by means of X-Ray Observations [PDF:426KB] MAKISHIMA Kazuo
Japan Academy Prize Invention of the Optical Lattice Clock and its Development [PDF:408KB] KATORI Hidetoshi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Expression using Bioactive Microbial Metabolites and their Application to Drug Discovery [PDF:419KB] YOSHIDA Minoru
Japan Academy Prize Discovery and Development of Antiviral Therapeutics for HIV Infection and AIDS [PDF:419KB] MITSUYA Hiroaki
Japan Academy Prize Establishment and Dissemination of the Human in vitro Fertilization Technique in Japan [PDF:404KB] SUZUKI Masakuni

 

106th June 27, 2016

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Discovery and Elucidation of the Unfolded Protein Response [PDF:454KB] MORI Kazutoshi
Japan Academy Prize A Manchu Dictionary [PDF:502KB] KAWACHI Yoshihiro
Japan Academy Prize A Critical History of Environmental Pollution in Postwar Japan [PDF:427KB] MIYAMOTO Ken’ichi
Japan Academy Prize Elucidation of MAP-Kinase Signaling Pathway [PDF:452KB] NISHIDA Eisuke
Japan Academy Prize The Discovery of a Z=113 Superheavy Element [PDF:448KB] MORITA Kosuke
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Robots with Sensation and Intelligence [PDF:456KB] INOUE Hirochika
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Creation and Application of Porous Coordination Polymers [PDF:472KB] KITAGAWA Susumu
Japan Academy Prize Molecular Basis of Pathogenicity and Control of Influenza Viruses [PDF:475KB] KAWAOKA Yoshihiro
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Synaptic Molecules, Learning and Memory [PDF:456KB] MISHINA Masayoshi
Duke of Edinburgh Prize A Study on the Phytohormone, Gibberellin, Contributing to Species Conservation, Plant Diversity, and Crop Productivity [PDF:515KB] MATSUOKA Makoto

 

107th June 12, 2017

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Seismological Study on Tectonics in Subduction Zones [PDF:702KB] HASEGAWA Akira
Japan Academy Prize Les autels chrétiens du Sud de la Gaule (Ve - XIIe siècles) [PDF:663KB] NARASAWA Yumi
Japan Academy Prize Grassroots Globalization: Cultural Practice and Life Strategy in a UNESCO World Heritage Village [PDF:677KB] SHIMIZU Hiromu
Japan Academy Prize Studies of CP Violation in the B-Meson System [PDF:698KB] TAKASAKI Fumihiko
Japan Academy Prize Research on Quantum Dots and their Application in Photonic Devices [PDF:698KB] ARAKAWA Yasuhiko
Japan Academy Prize The Research on the Fundamental Theories of Fatigue and Time-dependent Strength of Materials based on Meso-scale Dynamics and their Practical Applications [PDF:705KB] YOKOBORI Toshimitsu
Japan Academy Prize Molecular Biological Study on the Phytoplasmas, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria [PDF:731KB] NAMBA Shigetou
Japan Academy Prize Systematic Clinical, Biochemical, and Molecular Elucidation of Genetic Disorders due to Defective Synthesis of O-Mannose Type Sugar Chains, including Fukuyama-type Muscular Dystrophy, and Discovery of Sugar Chains of Novel Structures (Joint Research) [PDF:788KB] TODA Tatsushi
ENDO Tamao
Japan Academy Prize A New Arena in Cardiac Surgery: Pediatric Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery [PDF:715KB] KITAMURA Soichiro

 

108th June 25, 2018

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Dictionnaire du français médiéval [PDF:571KB] MATSUMURA Takeshi
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanism of ATP-driven Ion-Transport [PDF:529KB] TOYOSHIMA Chikashi
Japan Academy Prize Die Anfänge der deutschen Geschichte— Das mittelalteriche Römische Reich und das ethnische Werden der Deutschen [PDF:498KB] MISAGAWA Akihiro
Japan Academy Prize Study of Stochastic Analysis and Mathematical Finance [PDF:558KB] KUSUOKA Shigeo
Japan Academy Prize Development of Chiral Phase-transfer Catalysts [PDF:534KB] MARUOKA Keiji
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Precision Hierarchical Design of Innovative Soft Materials [PDF:538KB] AIDA Takuzo
Japan Academy Prize Agricultural Systems Studies on the Effect of Global Warming on Rice Production in Asia [PDF:561KB] HORIE Takeshi
Japan Academy Prize Research on General Principles for Modulating the Fluorescence Properties of Bioimaging Probes and Their Applications to Life Science [PDF:525KB] NAGANOTetsuo
Japan Academy Prize Studies on the Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction that Regulates Insulin Secretion [PDF:608KB] SEINO Susumu
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Human Origins and Evolution: from Ardipithecus ramidus to Homo sapiens [PDF:597KB] SUWA Gen

109th June 17, 2019

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Crystalline Sponge Method: Innovation of X-ray Crystallography and its Development into Molecular Science and Technology [PDF:369KB] FUJITA Makoto
Japan Academy Prize The Materials Mobilization Plan during the Pacific War [PDF:343KB] YAMAZAKI Shiro
Japan Academy Prize Total Synthesis of Ciguatoxins and Structurally Complex Bioactive Natural Products [PDF:379KB] HIRAMA Masahiro
Japan Academy Prize Studies of Solar Magnetohydrodynamic Phenomena by the Satellite Observations [PDF:374KB] TSUNETA Saku
Japan Academy Prize Explorations of Muon-Beam Science and Non-Destructive Muon Radiography of Large-Scale Objects [PDF:388KB] NAGAMINE Kanetada
Japan Academy Prize Vibration and its Control in Large Civil Structures [PDF:368KB] FUJINO Yozo
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Completely Dispersed Cellulose Nanofibers Originating from Plant [PDF:391KB] ISOGAI Akira
Japan Academy Prize Elucidation of Microenvironments Essential for the Maintenance of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Hematopoiesis, and Bone [PDF:356KB] NAGASAWA Takashi
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Osteoimmunology that Unifies Bone Biology and Immunology [PDF:367KB] TAKAYANAGI Hiroshi

110th June 21, 2021 *postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Prize Title Name
Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Mechanism and In Vitro Reconstitution of Germ Cell Development [PDF:340KB] SAITOU Mitinori
Japan Academy Prize Königliche Gerichtsbarkeit und regionale Konfliktbeilegung im deutschen Spätmittelalter: Die Regierungszeit Ludwigs des Bayern (1314–1347) [PDF:259KB] TAGUCHI Masaki
Japan Academy Prize Standard Workers, Non-standard Workers: Central Issues in Labour Economics in Japan Today [PDF:446KB] KAMBAYASHI Ryo
Japan Academy Prize Single-Molecule Spectroscopy Elucidating Chemical Reactions at Solid Surfaces [PDF:318KB] KAWAI Maki
Japan Academy Prize Noble Gas Geochemistry [PDF:285KB] OZIMA Minoru
Japan Academy Prize Study on Seismic Performance Evaluation and Upgrade of Existing Vulnerable Buildings [PDF:420KB] OKADA Tsuneo
Japan Academy Prize Pioneering Research on the Theory and Application of Large-scale High-performance Database Systems [PDF:247KB] KITSUREGAWA Masaru
Japan Academy Prize Studies on Viroid [PDF:341KB] SANO Teruo
Japan Academy Prize Discovery of EML4-ALK Oncogene and Promotion of Cancer Genomic Medicine [PDF:310KB] MANO Hiroyuki
Duke of Edinburgh Prize Studies on the Strategy of Survival and Expansion Exhibited by Tropical Pathogenic Microorganisms: Diversity in the Adaptation Mechanisms in the Parasites [PDF:358KB] KITA Kiyoshi