Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy
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The was a prestigious honor conferred by the Imperial Academy from 1911 through 1945. The award was presented to non-members in recognition of their academic theses, books, and achievements.
In the post-war period, the Imperial Academy was re-named the Japan Academy; and the name of this prize was changed accordingly. The substantially similar Japan Academy Prize was awarded after this 1947 evolution.
In the post-war period, the Imperial Academy was re-named the Japan Academy; and the name of this prize was changed accordingly. The substantially similar Japan Academy Prize was awarded after this 1947 evolution.
Laureates
- 2011 — Akira Satake, Hideaki Miyata (101st)
- 2010 — Akira Omote, Shinya YamanakaShinya Yamanakais a Japanese physician and adult stem cell researcher. He serves as the director of Center for iPS Cell Research and Application and a professor at the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences at Kyoto University, as a senior investigator at the UCSF-affiliated J...
(100th) - 2009 — Tetumi Murakami, Toru Eguchi (99th)
- 2008 — Keiji Morokuma (98th)
- 2007 — Senzo Hidemura, Shizuo AkiraShizuo Akira, M.D., Ph.D., is a distinguished and highly cited professor at the Department of Host Defense, Osaka University, Japan...
(97th) - 2006 — Shuh Narumiya (96th)
- 2005 — Kazuya KatoKazuya Katois a Japanese mathematician. He grew up in the prefecture of Wakayama in Japan. He attended college at the University of Tokyo, from which he also obtained his master's degree in 1975, and his PhD in 1980. He was a professor at Tokyo University, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Kyoto University...
(95th) - 2004 — Chikahi Suma, Takeshi Yasumoto (94th)
- 2003 — Mitsuhiro YanagidaMitsuhiro Yanagidais a Japanese biologist, professor, and Dean of the Graduate School of Biostudies at Kyoto University.He was elected as a Foreign member of the Royal Society on 11 May 2000.-Life:...
(93rd) - 2002 — Takahiro FujimotoTakahiro Fujimotois an actor and a retired male medley swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was the 8th place in the Men's 400m Individual Medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Fujimoto started his career as an actor...
, Sumio IijimaSumio IijimaSumio Iijima is a Japanese physicist, often cited as the discoverer of carbon nanotubes. Although carbon nanotubes had been observed prior to his "discovery", Iijima's 1991 paper generated unprecedented interest in the carbon nanostructures and has since fueled intense research in the area of...
(92nd) - 2001 — Fumio HayashiFumio Hayashiis a Japanese economist. As of October 2009, he is a professor at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. One of the most influential Japanese economists, Hayashi was awarded the inaugural Nakahara Prize in 1995....
, Makoto Asashima (91st)
- 2000 — Tsugitaka Sato, Shigekazu Nagata (90th)
- 1999 — Susumu Fuma, Yoshito KishiYoshito KishiYoshito Kishi is the Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University. He is known for his contributions to the sciences of organic synthesis and total synthesis....
(89th) - 1998 — Toshio Yanagida (88th)
- 1997 — Shigetada Nakanishi (87th)
- 1996 — Tasuku Honjo (86th)
- 1995 — Toru Mineya, Yoshio Fukao (85th)
- 1994 — Makoto KumadaMakoto Kumadawas a Japanese chemist and was a Professor of Chemistry first at Osaka City University and till his retirement in 1983 at Kyoto University in Japan. In 1972, Kumada's group reported nickel-catalyed cross coupling reactions nearly concurrently with the Corriu group working in France. The Kumada...
, Hideki SakuraiHideki Sakuraiis a Japanese chemistHe discovered the Sakurai reaction in 1976.-References:...
(84th) - 1993 — Issei Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)is a Japanese astrophysicist. He is professor emeritus at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in Kanagawa, Japan, and was guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany....
(83rd) - 1992 — Chushichi Tsuzuki, Tadamitsu Kishimoto (82nd)
- 1991 — Yoshinori KobayashiYoshinori KobayashiYoshinori Kobayashi is a bestselling Japanese author and manga artist...
, Akira Tonomura (81st)
- 1990 — Koji NakanishiKoji Nakanishia bioorganic and natural products chemist, is Centennial Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and former Chairman of the Chemistry Department, Columbia University....
(80th) - 1989 — Tomi Saeki, Yorio Hinuma (79th)
- 1988 — Susumu Nishimura (78th)
- 1987 — Toshio Fukuyama, Toshimitsu Yamazaki (77th)
- 1986 — Masao ItoMasao Itois a Japanese neuroscientist, and director of the Riken Brain Science Institute.He won the 2006 Gruber Neuroscience Prize, and the 1996 Japan Prize.-Life:...
(76th) - 1985 — Ryo Sato (75th)
- 1984 — Seizen Nakasone, Gakuzo Tamura (74th)
- 1983 — Teruaki Mukaiyama (73rd)
- 1982 — Kokiti Hara, Shizuo KakutaniShizuo Kakutaniwas a Japanese-born American mathematician, best known for his eponymous fixed-point theorem.Kakutani attended Tohoku University in Sendai, where his advisor was Tatsujirō Shimizu. Early in his career he spent two years at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton at the invitation of the...
(72nd) - 1981 — Yasuiti Nagano (71st)
- 1980 — Yoshio Okada (70th)
- 1979 — Yoshihide Kozai (69th)
- 1978 — Kiyoshi ItōKiyoshi Itowas a Japanese mathematician whose work is now called Itō calculus. The basic concept of this calculus is the Itō integral, and among the most important results is Itō's lemma. The Itō calculus facilitates mathematical understanding of random events...
(68th) - 1977 — Shinji TakahashiShinji Takahashiwas a Japanese religious leader, corporate manager and hardware engineer. Takahashi founded the new religion/religious corporation God Light Association . He was born in Saku city, Nagano prefecture. He founded Koden Industry Co., Ltd. and served as its first president...
(67th) - 1976 — Takashi Sugimura (66th)
- 1975 — Jikido Takasaki, Minoru Oda (65th)
- 1974 — Tsugio Mikami, Kimishige IshizakaKimishige IshizakaDr is a Japanese scientist who discovered the antibody class IgE in 1966. His work has been regarded as a major breakthrough in the understanding of allergy. He was awarded the 1973 Gairdner Foundation International Award and the 2000 Japan Prize for his work in immunology. He was elected a member...
(64th) - 1973 — Takuichi Takeshima, Jun KondoJun KondoJun Kondo is a theoretical physicist in Japan. His research is famous for the Kondo effect.- Honours and appointments :*1959 Dr...
(63rd) - 1972 — Tadashi Matsushita, Setsuro EbashiSetsuro Ebashiwas a Japanese biophysicist. He was Professor Emeritus of National Institute for Physiological Sciences. He was awarded the 1972 Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy, the 1999 International Prize for Biology, the Order of the Sacred Treasure, and an Order of Culture....
(62nd) - 1971 — Mataji Miyamoto, Chushiro HayashiChushiro Hayashiwas a Japanese astrophysicist. Hayashi tracks on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram are named after him.He earned his B.Sc in physics at the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1942. He then worked as a research associate under Hideki Yukawa at Kyoto University...
(61st)
- 1970 — Hidetaka Nakamura, Seizo Okamura (60th)
- 1969 — Ryogo KuboRyogo Kubowas a Japanese mathematical physicist, best known for his works in statistical physics and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.In the early 1950s, Kubo transformed research into the linear response properties of near-equilibrium condensed-matter systems, in particular the understanding of...
(59th) - 1968 — Tatsuo Nishida (58th)
- 1967 — Kōsaku YosidaKosaku Yosidawas a Japanese mathematician who worked in the field of functional analysis. He is known for the Hille-Yosida theorem concerning C0-semigroups.- References :...
(57th) - 1966 — Egaku Mayeda (56th)
- 1965 — Noriyuki Kojima (55th)
- 1964 — Kiyoshi MutōKiyoshi Mutōwas a Japanese architect born in Toride, Ibaraki, Japan. He is considered the "father of the Japanese skyscraper" for his contributions to earthquake engineering. - Works :* Kasumigaseki Building - External links :* *...
(54th) - 1963 — Takeo NAGAMIYA (53rd)
- 1962 — Tomoichi Sasabuchi (52nd)
- 1961 — Shigeo Okinaka (51st)
- 1960 — Osamu Takata, Takuji Ito, Kazuo Yamasaki, Aki Uyeno, Taka Yanagisawa, Tsugio Miya (50th)
- 1959 — Isao Imai (physicist)Isao Imai (physicist)-Bibliography:...
(49th) - 1958 — Ryozo Niizeki (48th)
- 1957 — Hajime Nakamura (47th)
- 1956 — Masuzo ShikataMasuzo ShikataMasuzo Shikata was a Japanese chemist and one of the pioneers in electrochemistry. Together with his mentor and colleague, Czech chemist and inventor Jaroslav Heyrovský, he developed the first polarograph, a type of electrochemical analyzing machine, and co-authored the paper which introduced the...
, Isamu Tachi (46th) - 1955 — Yoshio Fujita (45th)
- 1954 — Jitsuzo Tamura, Yukio Kobayashi (44th)
- 1953 — Tomizo Yoshida (43rd)
- 1952 — Seiichi Mizuno, Toshio Nagahiro (42nd)
- 1951 — Yoshiyuki Toyama (41st)
- 1950 — Shoichi SakataShoichi Sakatawas a Japanese academic and physicist who was internationally known for theoretical work on the structure of the atom. He proposed the Sakata model, which was an early precursor to the quark model....
(40th) - 1949 — Kakuji Goto (39th)
- 1948 — Saburo IenagaSaburo Ienagawas a Japanese historian famous for controversies regarding school history textbooks. In 1953, the Japanese Ministry of Education published a textbook by Ienaga, but censored what they said were factual errors and matters of opinion, regarding Japanese war crimes. Ienaga undertook a series of law...
(38th) - 1947 — Takeo Matsumura (37th)
- 1946 — Hakaru Masumoto (36th)
- 1945 — Tokuhichi MishimaTokuhichi Mishimawas a Japanese metallurgist. He discovered that aluminum restored magnetism to non-magnetic nickel steel. He invented MKM steel, which was an extremely inexpensive magnetic substance that has been used in many applications. It is also closely related to the modern Alnico magnets. He later...
, Kyôji Funada, Takahiro Okuno (35th) - 1944 — Tomosaburo Ogata (34rd)
- 1943 — Junpei Shinobu, Tanemoto Furuhata, Hitoshi Kihara (33rd)
- 1942 — Enku Uno (32nd)
- 1941 — Eiichi MatsumotoEiichi Matsumotois a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:...
, Kinjiro OkabeKinjiro Okabewas a Japanese electrical engineering researcher and professor who made major contributions to magnetron and radar development.One of Japan’s best-known radio researchers in the 1920s-30s era was Professor Hidetsugu Yagi, who was initially at Tohoku University. Kinjiro Okabe was one of Yagi’s first...
, Yas Kuno (31st)
- 1940 — Asaji Nose, Hideki YukawaHideki Yukawané , was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate.-Biography:Yukawa was born in Tokyo and grew up in Kyoto. In 1929, after receiving his degree from Kyoto Imperial University, he stayed on as a lecturer for four years. After graduation, he was interested in...
, Juro Horiuti (30th) - 1939 — Ken IshikawaKen Ishikawawas a Japanese manga artist. He is renowned as the co-creator with Go Nagai, of the Getter Robo anime series, as well as four of their subsequent manga continuations...
, Ken Kure (29th) - 1938 — San-ichiro Mizushima (28th)
- 1937 — Shinkichi Horiba, Yasujiro NiwaYasujiro Niwawas a Japanese electrical scientist. In the 1920s, he invented a simple device for phototelegraphic transmission through cable and later via radio, a precursor to mechanical television. He later became the Director of the Department of Electronic Engineering of University of Tokyo. He was awarded...
(27th) - 1936 — Hisayosi Ogawa, Takaoki Sasaki, Tomizo Yoshida (26th)
- 1935 — Shimpei Ogura, Shinsho Hanayama (25th)
- 1934 — Noboru NiidaNoboru Niidawas a Japanese academic, historian of Chinese legal history and Professor Emeritus of Oriental Laws at the University of Tokyo .-Early life:In 1925, Niida began his studies at the University of Tokyo. His doctorate was awarded at Todai.-Career:...
, Seitaro Tsuboi (24th) - 1933 — Ziro Tuzi, Bunsuke Suzuki (23rd)
- 1932 — Kyōsuke KindaichiKyosuke Kindaichiwas an eminent Japanese linguist from Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. He is chiefly known for his dictations of yukar, or sagas of the Ainu people. Linguist Haruhiko Kindaichi was his son....
, Kiyoo WadatiKiyoo WadatiProfessor was an early seismologist at the Central Meteorological Observatory of Japan, researching deep earthquakes. His name is attached to the Wadati-Benioff zone...
(22nd) - 1931 — Katsutada Sezawa (21st)
- 1930 — Buntaro Adachi (20th)
- 1929 — Toshi Shida (19th)
- 1928 — Masao Kambe, Sōichi KakeyaSōichi Kakeyawas a Japanese mathematician who worked mainly in mathematical analysis and who posed the Kakeya problem and solved the transportation problem. He received Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy in 1928, and was elected to the Japan Academy in 1934.-References:**...
(18th) - 1927 — Shigeru Kato, Yuji Shibata (17th)
- 1926 — Yorisuke Numata, Yoshiaki Ozawa (16th)
- 1925 — Keiki Yabuki, Nagaho Mononobe (15th)
- 1924 — Kuniji Yashiro, Takaoki Sasaki (14th)
- 1923 — Iichiro Tokutomi, Shigematsu Kakimura, Yasuhiko Aasahina, Suekichi Kinoshita (13th)
- 1922 — Toshio Takamine, Usaburo Yishida (12th)
- 1921 — Zennosuke Tsuji, Gennosuke FuseGennosuke Fusewas a Japanese anatomist of the Meiji period.He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University medical school. Then he studied abroad in Switzerland. He was assistant of the University of Zurich from 1907 to 1911 and from 1914 to 1916 and worked with Constantin von Monakow.He name is lent to the...
(11th)
- 1920 — Kaneyuki Miura, Mitsumaru Tsujimoto (10th)
- 1919 — Jun Ishihara (9th)
- 1918 — Hidematsu Wada, Taiken Kimura, Keita Shibata (8th)
- 1917 — Torahiko Terada, Sasaki NobutsunaSasaki Nobutsunawas a tanka poet and scholar of the Nara and Heian periods of Japanese literature. He was active during the Shōwa period of Japan.-Early life:...
(7th) - 1916 — Toru Oya, Taisuke Hayashi, Ryokichi Inada, Yasushi Ido (6th)
- 1915 — Hideyo NoguchiHideyo Noguchi, also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease in 1911.-Early life:...
(5th) - 1914 — Sunao TawaraSunao Tawara, M.D., Ph.D., was a Japanese pathologist.Tawara was born in Aki and studied at the Imperial University in Tokyo, graduating in 1901 and receiving his degree in 1908. The years 1903 to 1906 he spent in Marburg studying pathology and pathological anatomy with Ludwig Aschoff. It was here he...
(4th) - 1913 — Ryosuke Muraoka, Kumakatsu Kosaka (3rd)
- 1912 — Nagao Ariga, Yu Fujikawa, Sakugoro Hirase, Seiichiro Ikeno (2nd)
- 1911 — Hisashi KimuraHisashi Kimurawas a Japanese astronomer originally from Kanazawa, Ishikawa.He devoted his career to the study and measurement of variation in latitude, building upon the work of Seth Carlo Chandler, who discovered the Chandler wobble. He was director of the International Latitude Observatory at Mizusawa,...
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