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The 2013 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Basic Sciences, Dr. Masatoshi Nei, passed away at the age of 92. He has devised statistical methods for handling genetic information such as the “neighbor-joining method” and “Nei’s genetic distance,” which have contributed significantly to the quantitative analysis in evolutionary biology. He received the Kyoto Prize for his “Research...
The 2023 Kyoto Prize at Oxford will take place both online and in-person on May 9 and 10, 2023.
The 2023 Kyoto Prize Symposium was held in San Diego, California from March 15 to 17.
The 2023 Kyoto Prize Symposium (KPS) will be held in San Diego, California from March 15 to 17.
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.
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.
The 2022 Kyoto Prize at Oxford will take place both online and in-person on May 10 and 11, 2022.
The Inamori Foundation is pleased to announce the 2021 Kyoto Prize laureates on June 18, 2021.
Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2020, which was postponed last Spring due to the spread of a new coronavirus infection, will be held online as the Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2021 and distributed from the University of Oxford.