Laureates of the Japan Prize
| Year | Field | Photo | Name (b.-d.) | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Nationality]Affiliation (Titles at the time) | ||||
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2020 |
Electronics, Information, Communication |  |
Prof. Robert G. Gallager (1931-) | Pioneering contribution to information and coding theory |
| [USA]Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| Life Science |  |
Dr. Svante Pääbo (1955-) | Pioneering contributions to paleoanthropology through decoding ancient human genome sequences | |
| [Sweden]Director, Department of Evolutionary Genetics Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
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