The 2015 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Resources, Energy and Social Infrastructure
• Achievement:
  Contribution to development of innovative concept on river basin management and reduction of water-related disasters
• Lecture:
  日本人と河川技術の歴史

Major Awards

1978	Nepal Suprabal Gorakha Dakshin Bafu
1981	L’Ordre des Palmes Academiques, Chevalier (France)
1987	National Land Agency Achievement Award for Water Resources
1994	Meijimura Award
1998	JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineers) Achievement Award
2000	IWRA (International Water Resources Association) Crystal Drop Award
2007	The Order of the Sacred Treasure, second class
2011	JAGH (Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology) Academic Award

Academic Degrees

1950	University of Tokyo, B.E. in Engineering
1964	University of Tokyo, Ph.D. in Engineering

Professional Career

1955	Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
1961	Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
1968	Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
1987	Professor emeritus, University of Tokyo
1987-1998	Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology
2000-2010	Senior Academic Adviser, United Nations University

Affiliation

• La Société Franco Japonaise des Technique Industrielles
  Association for Rainwater Storage and Infiltration Technology
  Natural environment Coexistence Technology Association

Major Publications

• Yutaka Takahasi, Gradual alteration in the flow characteristics of the Chikugo-river flood, Report of the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 5, 3, 1955.
• Yutaka Takahasi, The change of country and flood (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, 1971
• Yutaka Takahasi, City and Water (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, 1988
• Yutaka Takahasi, River Engineering (in Japanese), 311p, University of Tokyo Press, 1990.
• Yutaka Takahashi, Characteristics, Meanings and Countermeasures for Cyclone Disaster in Bangladesh, in Report on filed study and investigations on the damage caused by the cyclone in Bangladesh in 29-30 April 1991, UNCRD, p.95-108, 1991.
• Festschrift in Honor of Yutaka Takahasi, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 25, 3, 2009.