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JAPAN PRIZE

THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION
PURPOSE
CABINET ENDORSEMENT
NOMINATIONS AND SELECTION PROCESS
LAUREATES
CITATION AND MEDAL
MEMBERS OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE
FIELDS SELECTED FOR THE 2011 JAPAN PRIZE

FIELDS SELECTED FOR THE 2010 JAPAN PRIZE

2010 (26th) JAPAN PRIZE Information

Industrial production and production technology

Prof. Shun-ichi Iwasaki

Biological production and environment

Prof. Peter Vitousek

Japan Prize News No.44
Japan Prize News No.43
Japan Prize Week Photos
Commemorative Lectures (Summary)
Commemorative Lectures (Video)
Prof. Iwasaki / Prof. Vitousek
Press Conference (Video)
Video Introduction of the Laureates
Presentation Ceremony and Banquet (Video)

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Laureates

Prof. Shun-ichi Iwasaki

Academic Degrees
Nationality	Japan
Date of Birth	August 3, 1926 in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan Age: 83
1949	B.A., Tohoku University
1959	Dr. Eng., Tohoku University
Professional Career
1949-1951	Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K.
1951-1958	Assistant, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
1958-1964	Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
1964-1989	Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
1986-1989	Director, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
1989	Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University
1989-2008	President, Tohoku Institute of Technology
2004-Present	Director, Tohoku Institute of Technology
Major Publications
S. Iwasaki and K. Nagai, Some Considerations on the Design of High Output Magnetic Tape for Short Wavelength Recording. SCI. REP. RITU., B-(Elect. Comm.), 15, 2, 85 ,1963 S. Iwasaki and T. Suzuki, Dynamical Interpretation of Magnetic Recording Process. IEEE Trans. On Magn., MAG-4, 3, 269, 1968 S. Iwasaki and Y. Nakamura, An Analysis for the Magnetization Mode for High Density Magnetic Recording. IEEE Trans. On Magn., MAG-13, 5, 1272, 1977 S. Iwasaki, Y. Nakamura and K. Ouchi, Perpendicular Magnetic Recording with a Composite Anisotropy Film. IEEE Trans. On Magn., MAG-15, 6, 1456, 1979 S. Iwasaki, Perpendicular Magnetic Recording. IEEE Trans. On Magn., MAG-16, 1, 71 , 1980
Major Honors and Awards:
1987	Japan Academy Prize
1987	Persons of Cultural Merit
1988	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Eng. (IEEE), USA Technical Achievement Award of the Computer Society
1989	Cledo Brunetti Award of IEEE
2002	Achievement Award of the Magnetics Society
2003	Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star

(January 2010)

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