Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy
The Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy is a prestigious honor conferred to two of the recipients of the Japan Academy Prize.
Overviews
It is awarded in two categories: humanities and natural sciences. The Emperor and Empress visit the awarding ceremony and present a vase to the awardees.Laureates
- 2019 — Makoto Fujita
- 2018 —, Chikashi Toyoshima
- 2017 —
- 2016 — Kazutoshi Mori
- 2015 — Hideo Hosono
- 2014 — Isamu Akasaki
- 2013 —, Yoshinori Tokura
- 2012 —, Keiichi Namba
- 2011 —,
- 2010 —, Shinya Yamanaka
- 2009 —,
- 2008 — Keiji Morokuma
- 2007 —, Shizuo Akira
- 2006 — Shuh Narumiya
- 2005 — Kazuya Kato
- 2004 —, Takeshi Yasumoto
- 2003 — Mitsuhiro Yanagida
- 2002 —, Sumio Iijima
- 2001 — Fumio Hayashi, Makoto Asashima
- 2000 —, Shigekazu Nagata
- 1999 —, Yoshito Kishi
- 1998 — Toshio Yanagida
- 1997 — Shigetada Nakanishi
- 1996 — Tasuku Honjo
- 1995 —,
- 1994 — Makoto Kumada, Hideki Sakurai
- 1993 — Issei Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka
- 1992 —, Tadamitsu Kishimoto
- 1991 —, Akira Tonomura
- 1990 — Koji Nakanishi
- 1989 —,
- 1988 —
- 1987 —, Toshimitsu Yamazaki
- 1986 — Masao Ito
- 1985 — Ryo Sato
- 1984 —, Gakuzo Tamura
- 1983 — Teruaki Mukaiyama
- 1982 —, Shizuo Kakutani
- 1981 — Yasuiti Nagano
- 1980 —
- 1979 — Yoshihide Kozai
- 1978 — Kiyoshi Itō
- 1977 —
- 1976 — Takashi Sugimura
- 1975 —,
- 1974 —, Kimishige Ishizaka
- 1973 —, Jun Kondo
- 1972 —, Setsuro Ebashi
- 1971 —, Chushiro Hayashi
- 1970 —,
- 1969 — Ryogo Kubo
- 1968 — Tatsuo Nishida
- 1967 — Kōsaku Yosida
- 1966 —
- 1965 —
- 1964 — Kiyoshi Mutō
- 1963 —
- 1962 — Tomoichi Sasabuchi
- 1961 —
- 1960 —, Takuji Ito,, Aki Uyeno, Taka Yanagisawa,
- 1959 — Isao Imai
- 1958 —
- 1957 — Hajime Nakamura
- 1956 — Masuzo Shikata, Isamu Tachi
- 1955 — Yoshio Fujita
- 1954 —,
- 1953 — Tomizo Yoshida
- 1952 —,
- 1951 — Yoshiyuki Toyama
- 1950 — Shoichi Sakata
- 1949 —
- 1948 — Saburo Ienaga
- 1947 —
- 1946 — Hakaru Masumoto
- 1945 — Tokuhichi Mishima,,
- 1944 —
- 1943 —,, Hitoshi Kihara, Morizo Ishidate
- 1942 —
- 1941 —, Kinjiro Okabe,, Ukichiro Nakaya
- 1940 —, Hideki Yukawa,
- 1939 —,
- 1938 — No award
- 1937 —, Yasujiro Niwa
- 1936 —, Takaoki Sasaki, Tomizo Yoshida
- 1935 — Shimpei Ogura,
- 1934 — Noboru Niida,
- 1933 —, Bunsuke Suzuki
- 1932 — Kyōsuke Kindaichi, Kiyoo Wadati
- 1931 — Katsutada Sezawa
- 1930 —
- 1929 —
- 1928 —, Sōichi Kakeya
- 1927 —,
- 1926 —, Yoshiaki Ozawa
- 1925 —,
- 1924 —, Takaoki Sasaki
- 1923 — Iichiro Tokutomi, Shigematsu Kakimura, Yasuhiko Asahina, Suekichi Kinoshita
- 1922 — Toshio Takamine,
- 1921 —, Gennosuke Fuse
- 1920 —, Mitsumaru Tsujimoto
- 1919 — Jun Ishiwara
- 1918 —,,
- 1917 — Torahiko Terada, Sasaki Nobutsuna
- 1916 —,, Ryokichi Inada,
- 1915 — Hideyo Noguchi
- 1914 — Sunao Tawara
- 1913 —, Kumakatsu Kosaka
- 1912 — Nagao Ariga,, Sakugoro Hirase,
- 1911 — Hisashi Kimura