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.
The Inamori Foundation is pleased to announce the 2022 Kyoto Prize laureates at around 15:00 on June 17 (JST.) This year the press conference is going to be live streamed on the YouTube Kyoto Prize channel. Please join us online! Date and Time: June 17, 2022 15:00-15:10 (JST) *10 minutes URL: https://youtu.be/ZhPaXwS8xEM This year, Kyoto Prize...
The 2022 Kyoto Prize at Oxford will take place both online and in-person on May 10 and 11, 2022.
The 2022 Kyoto Prize Symposium will be held in-person and virtually on March 30 and 31, 2022.
Dr. Takeo Kanade, the 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, received the 40th Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award (Distinguished Achievement) on January 6, 2022.
For this installment of the series “Unearthing the Words of Kyoto Prize Laureates,” we were fortunate enough to interview Dr. Edward Witten, the 2014 Kyoto Prize laureate in the Basic Sciences category.
Today on November 10, the Inamori Foundation just launched a special website for the 2021 Kyoto Prize! On the website, you can watch the Commemorative Lectures and introductions of each of the three laureates as well as their words and profiles. Since Kyoto Prize related events have been cancelled this year due to COVID-19, we...