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On December 7, 2017, the presentation ceremony was held at Kwansei Gakuin University (here in after KG) ; the “Honorable Doctor” was given to Dr. Mimura, for his great achievements of research as well as the 2017 Kyoto Prize awarded in November.
The Hamburg Ballet is coming to Japan in February, 2018. The performance will be at Tokyo and Kyoto respectively. The artistic director and world-class choreographer: John Neumeier received the Kyoto Prize in 2015. The Inamori Foundation co-sponsors the Gala “A World of John Neumeier” held at ROHM Theatre Kyoto in February 17, 2018.
William Kentridge who has been acting based in Johannesburg, South Africa as a hub was presented the Spanish prestigious award, “Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts.”
Approx. half century has passed since “Nei’s Genetic Distance” was announced in 1972. The method that Dr. Masatoshi Nei developed facilitated a quantitative and statistical analysis based on molecular data for the evolutional phenomena (how long ago the populations diverged on the evolutionary tree of life) which had been nothing but estimation or hypothesis. His...
“The Royal Medal goes to Dr. Peter Grant and Dr. Rosemary Grant at Princeton University in the United States,” the Royal Society of London announced on July 18, 2017. They were recognized “for the research on the ecology and evolution of Darwin’s finches on the Galápagos, demonstrating that natural selection occurs frequently and that evolution...
The presentation ceremony was held at Kyoto University on July 13, 2017 to present the Honorary Degree of Doctor to Dr. Ohsumi.
President Kazuo Inamori speaking to an invited audience on the topic ‘From a Society of Greed to a Society of Altruism’ at Inamori Forum, University of Oxford.
Dr. Ohsumi was granted the title of honorary professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo; the presentation ceremony was held at Komaba campus on Feb. 22, 2017.
French representative museum “Pompidou Centre” celebrates 40th anniversary on January 31, 2017.
Ars Shimura Exhibition of the 2016 graduation works “I dye; I weave; I wear” is open to the public at the Kyoto International Community House – Japanese style annex (Higashiyama, Kyoto) from Feb.16 through 19.
IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) announced that Dr. Takeo Kanade Roboticist; the 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology had been named the 2017 recipient of the IEEE Founders Medal.
“Isamu Noguchi Light Exhibits” is open to the public at the “Glass Pyramid” in the Moerenuma park, Sapporo, Hokkaido till March 5, 2017.