Japan Prize
Selection Process
Nominations and Selection Process
- Every November the Field Selection Committee of the Japan Prize Foundation designates and announces two fields
in which the Japan Prize will be awarded two years hence. At the same time, The Foundation calls for over 13,000 nominators, strictly comprised of prominent scientists and researchers from around the world invited by the
Foundation, to nominate the candidates through the web by JPNS (Japan Prize Nomination System). The deadline for nominations is the end of February of following year. - For each field, a Selection Subcommittee conducts a rigorous evaluation of the candidates’ academic achievements. The conclusions are then forwarded to Selection Committee, which conducts evaluations of candidates’ achievements from a wider perspective, including contributions to the progress of science and technology, and significant advancement towards the cause of world peace and prosperity, and finally the selected candidates are recommended for the Prize.
- The recommendations are then sent to the Foundation’s Board of Directors, which makes the final decision on the winners.
- The nomination and selection process takes almost one year from the time that the field are decided. Every January, The winners of that year’s Japan Prize are announced. The Presentation Ceremony is held in mid-April in Tokyo.
Members of the 2012 Japan Prize Selection Committee
| Chairman | Hiroshi Komiyama | Chairman of the Institute, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., President Emeritus, The University of Tokyo |
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| Vice Chairman | Ryozo Nagai | President, Jichi Medical University |
| Members | Makoto Asashima | Executive Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| Kunio Iwatsuki | Director, The Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo | |
| Yoshio Karita | Director, The Japan Prize Foundation | |
| Masafumi Maeda | Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
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| Masayuki Matsushita | Director, The Japan Prize Foundation | |
| Makoto Misono | Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo | |
| Hideo Miyahara | President, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology | |
| Takehiko Sasazuki | University Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyushu University President Emeritus, National Center for Global Health and Medicine |
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| Selection subcommittee for the "Environment, Energy and Infrastructure" field | ||
| Chairman | Makoto Misono | Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo |
| Deputy Chairman | Takashi Ibusuki | Senior Vice President, Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry |
| Member | Kazunari Domen | Professor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| Yohichi Gohshi | President, Association of International Research Initiatives for Environmental studies |
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| Syunsuke Ikeda | General Manager, Ikeda Laboratory, CTI Engineering Co., Ltd. |
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| Kotaro Inoue | Principal Fellow, Japan Science and Technology Agency | |
| Mikiko Ishikawa | Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
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| Masayuki Kamimoto | Director, North Japan Research Institute for Sustainable Energy, Hirosaki University | |
| Isao Mochida | Professor,Research and Education Center of Carbon Resources, Kyushu University | |
| Shinichiro Ohgaki | President, National Institute for Environmental Studies | |
| Takashi Tatsumi | Director, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Professor, Division of Catalytic Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology | |
| Selection subcommittee for the "Healthcare and Medical Technology" field | ||
| Chairman | Takehiko Sasazuki | University Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyushu University President Emeritus, National Center for Global Health and Medicine |
| Deputy Chairman | Aikichi Iwamoto | Professor, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo |
| Member | Koichi Akashi | Professor and Director, Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University |
| Nobuyuki Miyasaka | Director, University Hospital of Medicine, Professor, Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University | |
| Masaki Mori | Chairman and Professor, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University | |
| Yasuharu Nishimura | Professor, Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University | |
| Mitsuhiko Noda | Director, Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine | |
| Tetsuo Noda | Executive Director, Institute Director, |
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| Keiya Ozawa | Professor and Chairman, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine Director, Center for Molecular Medicine Professor, Division of Genetic Therapeutics, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University | |
| Sumio Sugano | Professor, Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo | |
| Shoichiro Tsugane | Chief, Epidemiology and Prevention Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center | |
(alphabetical order, titles as of April 2, 2012)
The Japan Prize Nomination System
The Foundation’s JPNS (Japan Prize Nomination System) on the Web facilitates the process of the nomination by the Japan Prize Official Nominators around the world. Additional details are available here.