Japan Prize

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Japan Prize

The Japan Prize is awarded to people from all parts of the world whose "original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind."

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It is presented by The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan. The prize consists of a certificate, a commemorative medal and a cash award of approximately 50 million yen (about USD$450,000).

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It is presented by The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan. The prize consists of a certificate, a commemorative medal and a cash award of approximately 50 million yen (about USD$450,000). Only living individuals may be nominated for the prize.

Laureates

Year	Name	Citation
2009	Dennis L. Meadows Dennis Meadows Dennis Meadows is an American scientist and professor of Systems Management and director of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire....	for contributions in the area of "Transformation towards a sustainable society in harmony with nature".
2009	David E. Kuhl	for contributions in the area of "Technological integration of medical science and engineering". It means the tomographic imaging in nuclear medicine.
2008	Vinton Gray Cerf Robert E. Kahn Bob Kahn Robert Elliot Kahn, invented the Transmission Control Protocol , and along with Vinton G. Cerf created the Internet Protocol , the technologies used to transmit information on the Internet....	for the creation of network architecture and communication protocol for the Internet.
2008	Victor A. McKusick Victor A. McKusick Victor Almon McKusick , internist and medical geneticist, was University Professor of Medical Genetics and Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA....	for the establishment of medical genetics and contributions to its development.
2007	Albert Fert Albert Fert Albert Fert is a France physics and one of the discoverers of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disks.... Peter Grünberg Peter Grünberg Peter Andreas Gr?nberg is a Germany physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate for his discovery with Albert Fert of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disk drives....	for the discovery of Giant Magneto-Resistance (GMR) and its contribution to development of innovative spin-electronics devices.
2007	Peter Shaw Ashton Peter Shaw Ashton Dr Peter Shaw Ashton, of the United Kingdom, is Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry at Harvard University, and director of the Arnold Arboretum there from 1978 to 1987....	for contributions to the conservation of tropical forest.
2006	John Houghton John T. Houghton Sir John Theodore Houghton Royal Society Order of the British Empire was the co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's scientific assessment working group....	for pioneering research on atmospheric structure and composition based on his satellite observation technology and for promotion of international assessments of climate change.
2006	Akira Endo	for the discovery of the Statins and their development.
2005	Makoto Nagao	for pioneering contributions to Natural Language Processing and Intelligent Image Processing.
2005	Masatoshi Takeichi Erkki Ruoslahti Erkki Ruoslahti Erkki Ruoslahti is a cancer researcher at the Burnham Institute and University of California Santa Barbara. He has worked on a number of cancer drugs, aiming at reducing metastasis by inhibition of angiogenesis....	for fundamental contribution in elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Adhesion.
2004	Kenichi Honda Akira Fujishima Akira Fujishima is a Japanese chemist, professor emeritus, University of Tokyo.He is known for his significant contributions in discovery and research of photocatalytic and superhydrophilic properties of titanium dioxide....	for pioneering work on photochemical catalysis and its application for the environment.
	Keith J. Sainsbury	for contributions to the understanding of shelf ecosystems and their sustainable utilization.
	John H. Lawton	for observational, experimental and theoretical achievements for the scientific understanding and conservation of Biodiversity.
2003	Benoît Mandelbrot Benoît Mandelbrot Beno?t B. Mandelbrot is a French people mathematics, best known as the father of fractal. He is Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Emeritus at Yale University; IBM Fellow Emeritus at the Thomas J.... James A. Yorke James A. Yorke James A. Yorke is a Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Physics and chair of the Mathematics Department at the University of Maryland, College Park....	for the creation of universal concepts in complex systems - Chaos and Fractals.
2003	Seiji Ogawa Seiji Ogawa Seiji Ogawa is a Japanese researcher best known for discovering the technique that underlies Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. He determined that the contrast in blood oxygen levels can be mapped in magnetic resonance imaging, thus showing which areas of the brain are responding to the brain's electrical signals....	for the discovery of the principle for functional magnetic resonance imaging.
2002	Tim Berners-Lee Tim Berners-Lee Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, Order of Merit, Order of the British Empire, Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society of Arts is an English people computer scientist and MIT professor credited with inventing the World Wide Web....	for advancement of civilization through invention, implementation and deployment of the World Wide Web.
2002	Anne McLaren Anne McLaren Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists was the daughter of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel McNaughten.... Andrzej K. Tarkowski	for pioneering work on mammalian embryonic development.
2001	John B. Goodenough John B. Goodenough John Bannister Goodenough is an United States of America professor and prominent solid-state physicist. He is currently a professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the University of Texas at Austin....	for the discovery of environmentally benign electrode materials for high energy density rechargeable lithium batteries.
2001	Timothy R. Parsons Timothy R. Parsons Timothy Richard Parsons, Order of Canada, Ph.D., D.Sc., Royal Society of Canada is a Canada oceanographer and the first Canadian to receive a Japan Prize....	for the contributions to the development of Biological/Fisheries Oceanography and for conservation of fishery resources and marine environment.
2000	Ian L. McHarg Ian McHarg Ian L. McHarg was born in Glasgow, Scotland and became a landscape architect and a renowned writer on regional planning using natural systems....	for the establishment of an ecological City Planning Process and a proposal of a Land Use Evaluation System.
2000	Kimishige Ishizaka Kimishige Ishizaka Dr 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....	for the discovery of Immunoglobulin E and mechanisms of IgE-mediated allergic reactions.
1999	W. Wesley Peterson W. Wesley Peterson William Wesley Peterson, PhD is an United States mathematician and computer scientist. He is best known for inventing the Cyclic Redundancy Check ...	for the establishment of coding theory for reliable digital communication, broadcasting and storage.
1999	Jack L. Strominger Don C. Wiley Don Craig Wiley Don Craig Wiley, 1944-2001, was an United States of America microbiologist.Wiley was world-renowned for finding new ways to help the human immune system battle such viral scourges as smallpox, influenza, AIDS, Ebola, and herpes simplex....	for the elucidation of the three dimensional structures of class I and class II human histocompatibility antigens and their bound peptides.
1998	Leo Esaki Leo Esaki Leona Esaki also known as Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Ivar Giaever and Brian David Josephson for his discovery of the phenomenon of electron tunneling....	for the creation and realization of the concept of man-made superlattice crystals which lead to generation of new materials with useful applications.
1998	Jozef S. Schell Jozef Schell Jozef Stefaan Schell was a Belgium molecular biology.Jozef Schell studied Zoology and microbiology at the University of Ghent, Belgium. From 1967 to 1995 he worked as a professor at the university.... Marc C. E. Van Montagu Marc Van Montagu Marc Van Montagu is a Belgium molecular biology. He was full Professor and director of the Laboratory of Genetics at the faculty of Sciences at Ghent University and scientific director of the Genetics Department of the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie ....	for the establishment of the theory and method of the production of transgenic plants.
1997	Takashi Sugimura Bruce N. Ames Bruce Ames Bruce Ames is a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute ....	for the contribution to establishment of fundamental concept on causes of cancer.
1997	Joseph F. Engelberger Hiroyuki Yoshikawa	for the establishment of the Robot Industry and Creation of a Techno-Global Paradigm.
1996	Charles K. Kao Charles K. Kao Charles Kuen Kao is a pioneer in the use of Optical fiber in telecommunications.He was born in Shanghai in 1933, graduated in electrical engineering from the Imperial College London in 1957, and then worked as an engineer for Standard Telephones and Cables and their research centre Standard Telecommunications Laboratories in Harlow, Engla...	for pioneering research on wide-band, low-loss optical fiber communications.
1996	Masao Ito	for the elucidation of the functional principles and neural mechanisms of the cerebellum.
1995	Nick Holonyak Nick Holonyak Nick Holonyak, Jr. invented the first visible light-emitting diode in 1962 while working as a consulting scientist at a General Electric Company laboratory in Syracuse, New York and has been called "the father of the light-emitting diode".... , Jr.	for outstanding contributions to research and practical applications of light emitting diodes and lasers through pioneering achievements in the understanding of physical principles and in the process technology of intermetallic compound semiconductors.
1995	Edward F. Knipling	for pioneering contributions in the development of Integrated Pest Management by the Sterile Insect Release Method and other biological approaches.
1994	William Hayward Pickering William Hayward Pickering William Hayward Pickering Order of New Zealand Order of the British Empire was a New Zealand born rocket scientist who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 22 years, retiring in 1976....	for inspirational leadership in unmanned lunar and planetary exploration, and for pioneering achievements in the development of spacecraft and deep space communications.
1994	Arvid Carlsson Arvid Carlsson Arvid Carlsson is a Sweden scientist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. For his work on dopamine, Carlsson won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, along with co-recipients Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard....	for the discovery of dopamine as a neurotransmitter and clarification of its role in mental and motor functions and their disorders.
1993	Frank Press Frank Press Frank Press is an United States geophysics.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Press is the recipient of 30 honorary degrees. He graduated with his B.S....	for the development of modern seismology and advancement of international cooperation in disaster science.
1993	Kary B. Mullis	for the development of the polymerase chain reaction.
1992	Gerhard Ertl Gerhard Ertl Gerhard Ertl is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the MPG in Berlin, Germany....	for the contributions to the new development of the chemistry and physics of solid surfaces.
1992	Ernest John Christopher Polge	for the discovery of a method of the cryopreservation of semen and embryos in farm animals.
1991	Jacques-Louis Lions Jacques-Louis Lions Jacques-Louis Lions was a French mathematician who made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic processes, among other areas....	for the contributions to analysis and control of distributed systems, and to promotion of applied analysis.
1991	John Julian Wild	for the development of ultrasound imaging in medicine.
1990	Marvin Minsky Marvin Minsky Marvin Lee Minsky is an United States Cognitive Science in the field of artificial intelligence , co-founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, and author of several texts on AI and philosophy....	for the establishment of an academic field named Artificial Intelligence and the proposal of fundamental theories in that field.
1990	William Jason Morgan Dan McKenzie Xavier Le Pichon Xavier Le Pichon Xavier Le Pichon is a France geophysics. Among many other contributions, he is known for his comprehensive model of plate tectonics .He is professor at the Coll?ge de France....	for the initiation of the theory of plate tectonics and contributions to its development.
1989	Frank Sherwood Rowland Frank Sherwood Rowland Frank Sherwood Rowland is an American Nobel Prize and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research is in atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics....	for the studies on the mechanisms of stratospheric ozone depletion by chlorofluorocarbons.
1989	Elias James Corey Elias James Corey Elias James Corey is an United States organic chemistry. In 1990 he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis....	for the pioneering contributions to the syntheses of prostaglandins and their related compounds which are of great therapeutic value.
1988	Georges Vendryes	for the establishment of fast breeder reactor technology.
	Donald Henderson Donald Henderson Donald Ainslie Henderson, known as D.A. Henderson, is an American physician and epidemiologist, whose work was vital in the international effort during the 1960s to eradicate smallpox.... Isao Arita Frank Fenner Frank Fenner Frank John Fenner is an Australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of virology. His two greatest achievements are cited as overseeing the eradication of smallpox, and the control of Australia's rabbit plague through the introduction of myxoma virus....	for the eradication of Smallpox.
	Luc Montagnier Luc Montagnier Luc Montagnier is a France virology and joint recipient with Fran?oise Barr?-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.... Robert C. Gallo	for the discovery of the AIDS causing virus and development of diagnostic methods.
1987	Henry M. Beachell Henry Beachell Henry Monroe Beachell was an United States plant breeder. His research led to the development of "miracle rice" - Hybrid rice cultivars that saved millions of people around the world from starvation.... Gurdev S. Khush	for the development of the IR8 and IR36 strains for rice breeding strategies geared to the tropical and subtropical zones.
1987	Theodore H. Maiman	for the realization of the world's first laser.
1986	David Turnbull David Turnbull (materials scientist) David Turnbull was an United States materials scientist, born in Elmira, Elmira Township, Stark County, Illinois, Stark County, Illinois, Illinois....	for pioneering contributions to materials science with impact on new materials technology such as amorphous solids.
1986	Willem J. Kolff	for research and development of artificial organs and their relevant technology.
1985	John R. Pierce	for outstanding achievement in the field of electronics and communications technologies.
1985	Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir	for outstanding achievement in basic theory in the field of immobilized enzymes and their practical applications.

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