Recipients of the Japan Academy Medal elected

Six scholars were elected as recipients of the 20th Japan Academy Medal at the 1175th General Meeting held on January 12th, 2024. They are:

Name	IRIE Kei
Position	Associate Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University
Research Subject	Study on Contact Geometry, Symplectic Geometry and String Topology

Name	OHMIYA Hirohisa
Position	Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
Research Subject	Development of Organocatalysis Induced by Single-Electron Transfer and its Application to Precise Control of Radical-Mediated Covalent-Bond Formation

Name	KATAOKA Keisuke
Position	Professor, Keio University School of Medicine, Chief, National Cancer Center Research Institute
Research Subject	Elucidation of Molecular and Genetic Basis of Carcinogenesis through Advanced Genomic Approaches

Name	NAGAYA Naonori
Position	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo
Research Subject	Linguistic Typology of Austronesian Languages of the Philippines and Indonesia

Name	FUJII Sota
Position	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Research Subject	Studies on Molecular Mechanisms of Inter- and Intra-species Reproductive Barriers in Plants

Name	YAMASHITA Takuro
Position	Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University
Research Subject	Theory of Design of Economic Mechanisms and Information, and its Applications to Analyses of Auctions, Markets, and Organizations