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On January 24, 2023, Dr. Karl Deisseroth , the 2018 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, was selected as a recipient of the “Japan Prize” in Life Sciences. Many congratulations on this prestigious recognition! According to an announcement by the Japan Prize Foundation, Dr. Deisseroth received the prize for “The development of methods that use...
This year, due to the concerns about COVID-19, we have decided to cancel the Presentation Ceremony and related events. Instead, the same as last year, the Commemorative Lectures and introductory videos will be available online on the 2022 Kyoto Prize Special Website!
In this installment of the series, we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Peter Raymond Grant and Dr. Barbara Rosemary Grant, the 2009 Kyoto Prize laureates in the Basic Sciences category.
This year, due to the concerns about COVID-19, we have decided to cancel the Presentation Ceremony and related events. Instead, the same as last year, the Commemorative Lectures and introductory videos will be available online on the 2022 Kyoto Prize Special Website!
Mr. Peter Stephen Paul Brook, a stage director who has exerted an extraordinary, worldwide influence over theater and drama, passed away on July 2, 2022 at the age of 97.
On September 12, 2022, Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum , the 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in Arts and Philosophy, and Dr. Robert Samuel Langer , the 2014 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, were selected as the recipients of the Balzan Prize. This prize honors internationally recognized scholars for their outstanding achievements in the natural sciences...
Mr. Issey Miyake formulated the epoch-making concept of “a piece of cloth (A-POC)” and created clothing that could become a part of people’s lives, cutting across time, national borders, and classes. He passed away on August 5, 2022, aged 84. He launched “PLEATS PLEASE” which do not restrict body movement, while still maintaining their form;...
Mr. Peter Stephen Paul Brook, a stage director who has exerted an extraordinary, worldwide influence over theater and drama, passed away on July 2, 2022 at the age of 97.
A musicologist Dr. Richard Taruskin passed away on July 1, 2022 at the age of 77.
Advanced Technology Carver Mead Electronics Engineer and Applied Physicist Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus, California Institute of Technology Leading Contributions to the Establishment of the Guiding Principles for VLSI Systems Design Carver Mead proposed and promoted a new methodology to divide the increasingly complicated design process of very...
The 2022 Kyoto Prize Presentation Ceremony and other related events in Japan that the Inamori Foundation hosts will be canceled this year due to the unpredictable concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commemorative Lectures, however, will be delivered online. Further details will be announced in due course on our website.