Press Releases

2025

January 22, 2025	2025 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2024

January 23, 2024	2024 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2023

January 24, 2023	2023 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2022

January 25, 2022	2022 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2021

January 29, 2021	2021 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2020

February 4, 2020	2020 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2019

January 16, 2019	2019 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2018

April 18, 2018	2018 Japan Prize Laureates Honored at Awards Ceremony
January 30, 2018	2018 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2017

February 2, 2017	2017 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2016

April 20, 2016	2016 (32nd) Japan Prize Presentation Ceremony
January 26, 2016	2016 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2015

November 10, 2015	Nomination Process for 2017 Japan Prize Begins
January 29, 2015	2015 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2014

January 29, 2014	2014 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2013

December 13, 2013	Nomination Process for 2015 Japan Prize Begins The 31st annual prize will honor achievements in “Resources, Energy and Social Infrastructure” and “Medical Science and Medicinal Science
January 30, 2013	2013 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

2012

January 25, 2012	Press conference, announcing the 2012 (28th) Japan Prize
January 25, 2012	2012 Japan Prize Awarded to Trailblazers in Leukemia Research and Inventor of Highest-Performance Magnet

2011

November 22, 2011	Japan Prize Invites Nominations for 2013
June 16, 2011	The 2011 (27th) Japan Prize Presentation
March 17, 2011	Japan Prize Foundation to Call off 2011 Japan Prize Week Events After Massive Earthquake in Japan
January 25, 2011	2011 Japan Prize Awarded to UNIX Pioneers and Interleukin-6 Discoverers

2010

January 15	2010 Japan Prizes Honor Pioneer of Perpendicular Recording And Leader in Biogeochemistry

2009

November 24	Japan Prize Invites Nominations for 2011
January 15	2009 Japan Prize Goes to Two US Scientists