Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy

It is awarded in two categories: humanities and natural sciences.[1] The Emperor and Empress visit the awarding ceremony and present a vase to the awardees.

the Imperial Prize winner receives the Gomontsuki Ginkabin

• 2019 — Makoto Fujita (109th)[2]
• 2018 — Takeshi Matsuura, Chikashi Toyoshima (108th)[2]
• 2017 — Akira Hasegawa (107th)[2]
• 2016 — Kazutoshi Mori (106th)[2]
• 2015 — Hideo Hosono[2]
• 2014 — Isamu Akasaki[2]
• 2013 — Jun Matsuura, Yoshinori Tokura[2]
• 2012 — Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa, Keiichi Namba[2]
• 2011 — Akira Satake, Hideaki Miyata (101st)[2]
• 2010 — Akira Omote, Shinya Yamanaka (100th)[3]
• 2009 — Tetumi Murakami, Toru Eguchi (99th)[3]
• 2008 — Keiji Morokuma (98th)[3]
• 2007 — Senzo Hidemura, Shizuo Akira (97th)[3]
• 2006 — Shuh Narumiya (96th)[3]
• 2005 — Kazuya Kato (95th)[3]
• 2004 — Chikahi Suma, Takeshi Yasumoto (94th)[3]
• 2003 — Mitsuhiro Yanagida (93rd)[3]
• 2002 — Takahiro Fujimoto, Sumio Iijima (92nd)[3]
• 2001 — Fumio Hayashi, Makoto Asashima (91st)[3]
• 2000 — Tsugitaka Sato, Shigekazu Nagata (90th)[4]
• 1999 — Susumu Fuma, Yoshito Kishi (89th)[4]
• 1998 — Toshio Yanagida (88th)[4]
• 1997 — Shigetada Nakanishi (87th)[4]
• 1996 — Tasuku Honjo (86th)[4]
• 1995 — Toru Mineya, Yoshio Fukao (85th)[4]
• 1994 — Makoto Kumada, Hideki Sakurai (84th)[4]
• 1993 — Issei Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka (83rd)[4]
• 1992 — Chushichi Tsuzuki, Tadamitsu Kishimoto (82nd)[4]
• 1991 — Yoshinori Kobayashi, Akira Tonomura (81st)[4]
• 1990 — Koji Nakanishi (80th)[5]
• 1989 — Tomi Saeki, Yorio Hinuma (79th)[5]
• 1988 — Susumu Nishimura (78th)[5]
• 1987 — Toshio Fukuyama, Toshimitsu Yamazaki (77th)[5]
• 1986 — Masao Ito (76th)[5]
• 1985 — Ryo Sato (75th)[5]
• 1984 — Seizen Nakasone, Gakuzo Tamura (74th)[5]
• 1983 — Teruaki Mukaiyama (73rd)[5]
• 1982 — Kokiti Hara, Shizuo Kakutani (72nd)[5]
• 1981 — Yasuiti Nagano (71st)[5]
• 1980 — Yoshio Okada (70th)[6]
• 1979 — Yoshihide Kozai (69th)[6]
• 1978 — Kiyoshi Itō (68th)[6]
• 1977 — Shinji Takahashi (67th)[6]
• 1976 — Takashi Sugimura (66th)[6]
• 1975 — Jikido Takasaki, Minoru Oda (65th)[6]
• 1974 — Tsugio Mikami, Kimishige Ishizaka (64th)[6]
• 1973 — Takuichi Takeshima, Jun Kondo (63rd)[6]
• 1972 — Tadashi Matsushita, Setsuro Ebashi (62nd)[6]
• 1971 — Mataji Miyamoto, Chushiro Hayashi (61st)[6]
• 1970 — Hidetaka Nakamura, Seizo Okamura (60th)[7]
• 1969 — Ryogo Kubo (59th)[7]
• 1968 — Tatsuo Nishida (58th)[7]
• 1967 — Kōsaku Yosida (57th)[7]
• 1966 — Egaku Mayeda (56th)[7]
• 1965 — Noriyuki Kojima (55th)[7]
• 1964 — Kiyoshi Mutō (54th)[7]
• 1963 — Takeo Nagamiya (53rd)[7]
• 1962 — Tomoichi Sasabuchi (52nd)[7]
• 1961 — Shigeo Okinaka (51st)[7]
• 1960 — Osamu Takata, Takuji Ito, Kazuo Yamasaki, Aki Uyeno, Taka Yanagisawa, Tsugio Miya (50th)[8]
• 1959 — Isao Imai (49th)[8]
• 1958 — Ryozo Niizeki (48th)[8]
• 1957 — Hajime Nakamura (47th)[8]
• 1956 — Masuzo Shikata, Isamu Tachi (46th)[8]
• 1955 — Yoshio Fujita (45th)[8]
• 1954 — Jitsuzo Tamura, Yukio Kobayashi (44th)[8]
• 1953 — Tomizo Yoshida (43rd)[8]
• 1952 — Seiichi Mizuno, Toshio Nagahiro (42nd)[8]
• 1951 — Yoshiyuki Toyama (41st)[8]
• 1950 — Shoichi Sakata (40th)[9]
• 1949 — Kakuji Goto (39th)[9]
• 1948 — Saburo Ienaga (38th)[9]
• 1947 — Takeo Matsumura (37th)[9]
• 1946 — Hakaru Masumoto (36th)[9]
• 1945 — Tokuhichi Mishima, Kyôji Funada, Takahiro Okuno (35th)[9]
• 1944 — Tomosaburo Ogata (34th)[9]
• 1943 — Junpei Shinobu, Tanemoto Furuhata, Hitoshi Kihara (33rd)[9]
• 1942 — Enku Uno (32nd)[9]
• 1941 — Eiichi Matsumoto, Kinjiro Okabe, Yas Kuno (31st)[9]
• 1940 — Asaji Nose, Hideki Yukawa, Juro Horiuti (30th)[10]
• 1939 — Ken Ishikawa, Ken Kure (29th)[10]
• 1938 — No award (28th)[10]
• 1937 — Shinkichi Horiba, Yasujiro Niwa (27th)[10]
• 1936 — Hisayosi Ogawa, Takaoki Sasaki, Tomizo Yoshida (26th)[10]
• 1935 — Shimpei Ogura, Shinsho Hanayama (25th)[10]
• 1934 — Noboru Niida, Seitaro Tsuboi (24th)[10]
• 1933 — Ziro Tuzi, Bunsuke Suzuki (23rd)[10]
• 1932 — Kyōsuke Kindaichi, Kiyoo Wadati (22nd)[10]
• 1931 — Katsutada Sezawa (21st)[10]
• 1930 — Buntaro Adachi (20th)[11]
• 1929 — Toshi Shida (19th)[11]
• 1928 — Masao Kambe, Sōichi Kakeya (18th)[11]
• 1927 — Shigeru Kato, Yuji Shibata (17th)[11]
• 1926 — Yorisuke Numata, Yoshiaki Ozawa (16th)[11]
• 1925 — Keiki Yabuki, Nagaho Mononobe (15th)[11]
• 1924 — Kuniji Yashiro, Takaoki Sasaki (14th)[11]
• 1923 — Iichiro Tokutomi, Shigematsu Kakimura, Yasuhiko Asahina, Suekichi Kinoshita (13th)[11]
• 1922 — Toshio Takamine, Usaburo Yoshida (12th)[11]
• 1921 — Zennosuke Tsuji, Gennosuke Fuse (11th)[11]
• 1920 — Kaneyuki Miura, Mitsumaru Tsujimoto (10th)[12]
• 1919 — Jun Ishiwara (9th)[12]
• 1918 — Hidematsu Wada, Taiken Kimura, Keita Shibata (8th)[12]
• 1917 — Torahiko Terada, Sasaki Nobutsuna (7th)[12]
• 1916 — Toru Oya, Taisuke Hayashi, Ryokichi Inada, Yasushi Ido (6th)[12]
• 1915 — Hideyo Noguchi (5th)[13]
• 1914 — Sunao Tawara (4th)[12]
• 1913 — Ryosuke Muraoka, Kumakatsu Kosaka (3rd)[12]
• 1912 — Nagao Ariga, Yu Fujikawa, Sakugoro Hirase, Seiichiro Ikeno (2nd)[12]
• 1911 — Hisashi Kimura (1st)[12]

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