Prize Winners
Nobel Laureate
| Year Awarded | Recipient | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Hans Heinrich Rohrer | Visiting Professor, Institute for Materials Research; Honorary Doctor |
| 1999 | Ahmet H. Zewail | University Professor; Honorary Doctor |
| 2002 | Koichi Tanaka | Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Engineering; Honorary Doctor |
| 2007 | Peter Grunberg | Visiting Professor, Institute for Materials Research; Honorary Doctor |
Recipients of the Japan's Order of Culture/The Persons of Cultural Merit Award
Japan’s Order of Culture honors significant contributions to the advancement or improvement of science, technology, the arts, or culture. The conferment ceremony is held yearly on November 3rd (Culture Day) at the Imperial Palace, the Matsu-no-Ma State Room, and is awarded by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. The Person of Cultural Merit Award is the second highest cultural honor in Japan (the highest being the Order of Culture) and is awarded to individuals who have made particularly notable achievements related to the development or refinement of culture.
| Order of Culture (Year Awarded) | Persons of Cultural Merit Award | Recipient | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 1951 | Kotaro Honda | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals |
| 1944 | 1951 | Kinjiro Okabe | Faculty of Engineering |
| 1946 | Kingo Miyabe | College of Agriculture | |
| 1949 | 1951 | Riko Majima | Faculty of Science |
| 1949 | 1951 | Takematsu Okada | Faculty of Science |
| 1950 | 1951 | Hajime Tanabe | Faculty of Science |
| 1950 | 1951 | Bansui Tsuchii | Faculty of Law and Letters |
| 1952 | 1952 | Taizo Kumagai | Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Leprosy |
| 1953 | 1952 | Hisakatsu Yabe | Faculty of Science |
| 1953 | 1952 | Hakuju Ui | Faculty of Law and Letters |
| 1954 | 1954 | Yusuke Hagihara | Faculty of Science |
| 1955 | 1955 | Hakaru Masumoto | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals |
| 1956 | 1956 | Takejiro Murakami | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals |
| 1956 | 1956 | Hidetsugu Yagi | Faculty of Engineering |
| 1957 | 1953 | Yoshio Yamada | Faculty of Law and Letters |
| 1958 | 1958 | Tetsuo Nozoe | Faculty of Science |
| 1959 | 1959 | Tomizo Yoshida | Faculty of Medicine |
| 1964 | 1964 | Seiji Kaya | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals |
| 1965 | 1965 | Shiro Akabori | Faculty of Science |
| 1968 | 1968 | Toshio Kurokawa | Faculty of Medicine |
| 1971 | 1971 | Takuma Yasui | Faculty of Economics |
| 1973 | 1962 | Ken Ishihara | Faculty of Arts and Letters |
| 1975 | 1975 | Heisuke Hironaka | Faculty of Science |
| 1984 | 1979 | Shinji Takahashi | Faculty of Medicine |
| 1987 | 1979 | Takeo Kuwabara | Faculty of Law and Letters |
| 1989 | 1983 | Jun-ichi Nishizawa | Research Institute of Electrical Communication |
| 2002 | 2002 | Koichi Tanaka | School of Engineering; Honorary Doctor |
| 2007 | 1999 | Koji Nakanishi | Faculty of Science |
| 2008 | 2002 | Donald Keene | Visiting Professor, Faculty of Arts and Letters; Honorary Doctor |
| 2009 | 1986 | Yorio Hinuma | Faculty of Dentistry |
| 2009 | 2003 | Sumio Iijima | Research Institute for Scientific Measurements |
| - | 1954 | Shonen Matsumura | College of Agriculture |
| - | 1958 | Satomi Takahashi | Faculty of Law and Letters |
| - | 1959 | Seiya Ito | College of Agriculture |
| - | 1960 | Yoshio Takeuchi | Faculty of Law and Letters |
| - | 1963 | Ryuzaburo Hara | Research Institute for Non-Aqueous Solution |
| - | 1965 | Masaichi Majima | Faculty of Science |
| - | 1970 | Yasushi Watanabe | Research Institute of Electrical Communication |
| - | 1976 | Tetsu Sakamura | College of Agriculture |
| - | 1976 | Fukusaburo Numachi | Institute of High Speed Mechanics |
| - | 1978 | Takeshi Takei | Faculty of Science |
| - | 1985 | Yensho Kanakura | Faculty of Arts and Letters |
| - | 1987 | Shunichi Iwasaki | Research Institute of Electrical Communication |
| - | 1992 | Yunoshin Imai | Institute for Materials Research |
| - | 1992 | Kinji Shimada | Faculty of Law and Letters |
| - | 2000 | Takeo Yokobori | School of Engineering |
| - | 2000 | Tsuyoshi Masumoto | Institute for Materials Research |
| - | 2003 | Yasuo Iwata | Faculty of Arts and Letters |
| - | 2006 | Hidesato Ito | Institute of High Speed Mechanics |
| - | 2007 | Shigeru Oda | School of Law |
| - | 2007 | Hideki Sakurai | Faculty of Science |
Japan Academy Prize (Imperial Prize)
Of all the awards the Japan Academy presents, the Imperial Prize is particularly esteemed. A maximum of nine recipients are selected yearly for the Japan Academy Prize. Both the Imperial and Japan Academy Prizes were established in 1910 and from among the nine recipients, up to one in each of the program's two sections (Section I: Humanities and Social Sciences and Section II: Pure Sciences and Their Applications) is selected for the Imperial Prize. Recipients of the Imperial Prize receive a certificate and a vase presented as an imperial gift by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan.
| Year Awarded | Recipient | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914(4th) | Shirota Kusakabe | Faculty of Science | |
| 1916(6th) | Kotaro Honda | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals | |
| 1917(7th) | Riko Majima | Faculty of Science | |
| *1 | 1918(8th) | Keita Shibata | College of Agriculture |
| *1 | 1919(9th) | Jun Ishihara | Faculty of Science |
| 1919(9th) | Koichi Ichikawa | College of Agriculture | |
| *1 | 1921(11th) | Gennosuke Fuse | Faculty of Medicine |
| 1921(11th) | Hikoshichiro Matsumoto | Faculty of Science | |
| 1925(15th) | Shinkishi Hatai | Faculty of Science | |
| *4 | 1925(15th) | Takeshi Sone | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals |
| *4 | 1927(17th) | Takejiro Murakami | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals |
| *1 | 1928(18th) | Soichi Kakeya | Faculty of Science |
| 1931(21st) | Hakuju Ui | Faculty of Law and Letters | |
| 1931(21st) | Hakaru Masumoto | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals | |
| *4 | 1932(22nd) | Shintaro Uda | Faculty of Engineering |
| *4 | 1933(23rd) | Hiroshi Nomura | Faculty of Science |
| 1934(24th) | Yoshiaki Tadokoro | Faculty of Science | |
| 1935(25th) | Saburo Unno | Faculty of Science | |
| *1 | 1936(26th) | Tomizo Yoshida | Faculty of Medicine |
| *4 | 1936(26th) | Toshio Hoshino | Faculty of Science |
| 1940(30th) | Tario Kikuta | Provisional Institute of Physical and Chemical Research | |
| *1 | 1941(31st) | Kinjiro Okabe | Faculty of Engineering |
| 1941(31th) | Terutaro Ogata | Faculty of Science | |
| 1942(32nd) | Seiji Kaya | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals | |
| 1943(33rd) | Gyokujo Kihara | Faculty of Medicine | |
| 1944(34th) | Munio Kotake | Faculty of Science | |
| 1944(34th) | Hiroshi Terao | Institute of Agricultural Research | |
| *1 | 1946(36th) | Hakaru Masumoto | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals |
| 1947(37th) | Masaichi Majima | Faculty of Science | |
| 1950(40th) | Fukusaburo Numachi | Institute of High Speed Mechanics | |
| 1951(41st) | Teizo Ogawa | Faculty of Medicine | |
| 1952(42th) | Jitsusaburo Sameshima | Faculty of Science | |
| 1953(43rd) | Yensho Kanakura | Faculty of Arts and Letters | |
| 1953(43rd) | Tetsuo Nozoe | Faculty of Science | |
| 1953(43rd) | Masao Naruse | Faculty of Engineering | |
| *1 | 1953(43rd) | Tomizo Yoshida | Faculty of Medicine |
| 1954(44th) | Koichi Motokawa | Faculty of Medicine | |
| 1955(45th) | Yensho Kanakura | Faculty of Arts and Letters | |
| 1955(45th) | Ryujo Yamada | Faculty of Arts and Letters | |
| 1955(45th) | Hakuyu Hadano | Faculty of Arts and Letters | |
| 1955(45th) | Tokan Tada | Faculty of Arts and Letters | |
| 1955(45th) | Shiro Akabori | Faculty of Science | |
| 1956(46th) | Ichiro Hori | Faculty of Arts and Letters | |
| 1957(47th) | Yutaka Orimo | Faculty of Law | |
| *1 | 1957(47th) | Hajime Nakamura | Faculty of Arts and Letters |
| 1959(49th) | Osamu Takata | Faculty of Arts and Letters | |
| *1 | 1960(50th) | Osamu Takata | Faculty of Arts and Letters |
| *1 | 1960(50th) | Tsugio Miya | Faculty of Arts and Letters |
| 1960(50th) | Eizo Kanda | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals | |
| 1961(51st) | Tomoo Sato | Faculty of Engineering | |
| 1961(51st) | Eikichi Iso | College of Agriculture | |
| 1963(53rd) | Harujiro Sekiguchi | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals | |
| 1967(57th) | Yunoshin Imai | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals | |
| 1968(58th) | Yoshio Kato | Faculty of Science | |
| 1968(58th) | Makoto Kandatsu | Institute for Agricultural Research | |
| 1969(59th) | Mitsuo Miyata | Faculty of Law | |
| 1969(59th) | Usaburo Mizushima | Faculty of Agriculture | |
| 1970(60th) | Giichi Yamamoto | Faculty of Science | |
| 1970(60th) | Heisuke Hironaka | Faculty of Science | |
| 1971(61st) | Takeo Yokobori | Faculty of Engineering | |
| 1972(62nd) | Kozo Okamoto | Faculty of Medicine | |
| 1973(63rd) | Zenji Nishiyama | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals | |
| 1974(64th) | Jun-ichi Nishizawa | Research Institute of Electrical Communication | |
| 1975(65th) | Toshio Kitazumi | Faculty of Arts and Letters | |
| 1975(65th) | Yoichi Higuchi | Faculty of Law | |
| 1975(65th) | Hidesato Ito | Institute of High Speed Mechanics | |
| 1975(65th) | Takashi Kubota | Faculty of Science | |
| *2 | 1977(67th) | Shinji Takahashi | Faculty of Medicine |
| 1977(67th) | Kinji Shimada | Faculty of Law and Letters | |
| 1977(67th) | Shun-ichi Akasofu | Faculty of Science | |
| 1979(69th) | Taketoshi Sato | Faculty of Law and Letters | |
| 1980(70th) | Tetsuji Kametani | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| 1981(71st) | Akira Kinoshita | Faculty of Economics | |
| *2 | 1982(72nd) | Shizuo Kakutani | Faculty of Science |
| 1983(73rd) | Tsuyoshi Masumoto | Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Metals | |
| 1987(77th) | Nakao Ishida | School of Medicine | |
| 1987(77th) | Shunichi Iwasaki | Research Institute of Electrical Communication | |
| 1987(77th) | Yoshikatsu Tsuboi | Faculty of Engineering | |
| *3 | 1998(78th) | Makoto Numata | Institute for Agricultural Research |
| *2 | 1989(79th) | Yorio Hinuma | School of Dentistry |
| *2 | 1990(80th) | Koji Nakanishi | Faculty of Science |
| 1990(80th) | Hiroshi Tsuji | Faculty of Engineering | |
| 1992(82nd) | Hideji Suzuki | Institute for Materials Research | |
| 1993(83rd) | Hajime Yamamoto | School of Dentistry | |
| 1993(83rd) | Keiya Tada | School of Medicine | |
| 1993(83rd) | Goro Kikuchi | School of Medicine | |
| *2 | 1994(84th) | Hideki Sakurai | Faculty of Science |
| 1994(84th) | Yasunari Maruyama | Faculty of Arts and Letters | |
| 1998(88th) | Takane Sugihara | Faculty of Law | |
| *2 | 2002(92nd) | Sumio Iijima | Research Institute for Scientific Measurements |
| *3 | 2002(92nd) | Yasushi Kurihara | Faculty of Science |
| 2002(92nd) | Akihisa Inoue | Institute for Materials Research | |
| 2002(92nd) | Kokichi Hinata | Faculty of Agriculture | |
| 2003(93rd) | Hiroshi Okamoto | School of Medicine | |
| 2003(93rd) | Makoto Endo | School of Medicine | |
| *2 | 2004(94th) | Takeshi Yasumoto | Faculty of Agriculture |
| 2005(95th) | Hideo Ohno | Research Institute of Electrical Communication | |
| 2006(96th) | Atsuto Suzuki | Graduate School of Science | |
| 2007(97th) | Koji Kato | Graduate School of Engineering | |
| 2007(97th) | Asahiko Taira | Faculty of Science | |
| *2 | 2009(99th) | Tetsumi Murakami | Faculty of Arts and Letters |
| 2009(99th) | Sadafumi Kawato | Graduate School of Law | |
| 2010 (100th) | Hiroshi Orui | Graduate School of Life Sciences | |
| *3 | 2010 (100th) | Moritaka Nishihira | Graduate School of Life Sciences |
*1 The Imperial Prize (Japan Academy Prize) Recipients
*2 Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize Recipients
*3 Duke of Edinburgh Prize (Japan Academy Prize) Recipients
*4 Osaka Mainichi Prize (Japan Academy Prize) Recipients