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 2023 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	Adviser The Japan Prize Foundation
	Kazunori Kataoka	Vice Chairperson, Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion Center Director, 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 and Chair Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine
	Tatsuya Okubo	Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
	Hiroto Yasuura	Director General, Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center Vice-Director-General, National Institute of Informatics, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation, Research Organization of Information and Systems Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University

Selection Subcommittee for the “Electronics, Information, and Communication” field
Chairman	Hiroto Yasuura	Director General, Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center Vice-Director-General, National Institute of Informatics, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation, Research Organization of Information and Systems Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University
Deputy Chairman	Hironori Kasahara	Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering Waseda University
Member	Akiko Aizawa	Vice-Director-General, Professor National Institute of Informatics, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation, Research Organization of Information and Systems
	Takako Hashimoto	Vice President, Chiba University of Commerce Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Economics, Chiba University of Commerce
	Toshiro Hiramoto	Professor Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
	Nei Kato	Dean, Professor Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
	Akira Matsuzawa	Professor Emeritus Tokyo Institute of Technology
	Shin-ichi Minato	Professor Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
	Michihiko Minoh	Director RIKEN Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters (R-IH)
	Atsuko Miyaji	Professor Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
	Kae Nemoto	Professor, Quantum Information Science and Technology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
	Takao Onoye	Executive Vice President Osaka University
	Seiichi Uchida	Senior Vice President, Kyushu University Professor Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
Selection Subcommittee for the “Life Sciences” field
Chairman	Kyosuke Nagata	President University of Tsukuba
Deputy Chairman	Shigeo Koyasu	Executive Director RIKEN
Member	Kiyokazu Agata	Director General National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
	Fuyuki Ishikawa	Vice-President, Kyoto University Director, Research Administration Center (KURA), Kyoto University Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
	Hisakazu Mihara	Vice President, Tokyo Institute of Technology Professor School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
	Junichi Nabekura	Director General National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
	Noriko Osumi	Vice President, Tohoku University Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
	Ichiro Sakuma	Professor Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
	Kenichi Shinoda	President National Museum of Nature and Science
	Haruko Takeyama	Professor Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
	Minoru Yoshida	Research Strategy Advisor, RIKEN Professor Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
	Michisuke Yuzaki	Dean, Keio University Graduate School of Medicine Professor, Keio University School of Medicine