Nomination and Selection Process

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 15,000 nominators, strictly comprised of prominent scientists and researchers from around the world invited by the Foundation, to nominate the candidates through the Web System. The deadline for nominations is the end of January of the following year.
• For each field, a Selection Subcommittee conducts a rigorous evaluation of the candidates’ academic achievements. The conclusions are then forwarded to the 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 two years from the time that the fields are decided. Every January, the winners of that year’s Japan Prize are announced. The Presentation Ceremony is held in April in Tokyo.

Nomination and Selection Process for the 2022 Japan Prize Laureates

Members of the 2022 Japan Prize Selection Committee

Chairman	Makoto Asashima	Deputy Director General of Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization, Research Professor, Teikyo University Academic Advisor, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Deputy Chairman	Yoichiro Matsumoto	Professor Emeritus The University of Tokyo
Members	Mariko Hasegawa	President The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
	Hiroto Ishida	Director The Japan Prize Foundation
	Kazunori Kataoka	Vice Chairperson, Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion Director General, Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM) Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
	Masayuki Matsushita	Director The Japan Prize Foundation
	Kyosuke Nagata	President University of Tsukuba
	Hideyuki Okano	Professor Keio University School of Medicine
	Tatsuya Okubo	Executive Vice President, Professor School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
	Hiroto Yasuura	Director General, Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University

Selection Subcommittee for the “Materials and Production” field
Chairman	Kazunori Kataoka	Vice Chairperson, Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion Director General, Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM) Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Deputy Chairman	Toru Okabe	Director General, Professor Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Member	Kazunari Akiyoshi	Professor Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
	Katsuhiko Ariga	Principal Investigator WPI International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
	Atsushi Fukuoka	Professor Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University
	Jian Ping Gong	Professor Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University
	Yuichi Ikuhara	Professor Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
	Koji Ishibashi	Chief Scientist Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN
	Nobuharu Iwasawa	Professor School of Science, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology
	Noboru Kikuchi	President, Genesis Research Institute, Inc. Managing Director Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute
	Yasuhiro Koike	Distinguished Professor Keio University
	Kazue Kurihara	Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University
	Tamio Oguchi	Specially Appointed Professor Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
	Hideyuki Yasuda	Professor Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Selection Subcommittee for the “Biological Production, Ecology/Environment” field
Chairman	Mariko Hasegawa	President The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Deputy Chairman	Taikan Oki	Professor Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Member	Norichika Kanie	Professor Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
	Eiiti Kasuya	Associate Professor Faculty of Science, Kyushu University
	Masakado Kawata	Professor Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
	Mayuko Nakamaru	Associate Professor School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology
	Tohru Nakashizuka	President, Forest Research and Management Organization Director General, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
	Sakae Shibusawa	Appointed Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Project Professor, Keio University
	Toru Shimada	Professor Faculty of Science, Gakushuin University
	Shinichi Shogenji	Dean, Professor Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Fukushima University
	Toshio Takeuchi	Professor Emeritus, Former President Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
	Shin-ichi Uye	Special Appointment Professor Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University
	Yukio Yasui	Associate Professor Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University
	Yasuhiro Yoshikawa	Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science
Specialist	Kiwamu Minamisawa	Specially-appointed Professor Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
	Hirokazu Toju	Associate Professor Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University