• Presentation Ceremony

• Address by His Majesty the Emperor

Commemorative Lectures

• "Invention of semiconductor-laser pumped EDFA and future of ICT made of optical fibers" Prof. Masataka Nakazawa

• "半導体レーザ励起光増幅器の開発を中心とする光ファイバ網の長距離大容量化" Mr. Kazuo Hagimoto

• "Optogenetics: Causes, Connections, Mechanisms" Prof. Gero Miesenböck

• "The inner workings of channelrhodopsins and nervous systems" Prof. Karl Deisseroth

• Press Conference

• Presentation Ceremony (14min.)
• Address by His Majesty the Emperor (5min.)
• Opening Remarks Dr. Hiroshi Komiyama (3min.)

Commemorative Lectures

• "Developing mRNA for therapy" Prof. Katalin Karikó (32min.)
• "Nucleoside Modified mRNA-LNP Therapeutics" Prof. Drew Weissman (38min.)
• "Nature's Role in Climate Change Solutions" Prof. Christopher Field (45min.)

• Press Conference (53min.)

Commemorative Lectures

• "High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells: Invention, Development & Commercialisation" Prof. Martin A. Green (48min.)
• "Cancer Genes & Their Implications for Patients" Prof. Bert Vogelstein (41min.)
• "Mechanisms of Malignant Progression" Dr. Robert A. Weinberg (36min.)

• Press Conference (53min.)

Commemorative Lectures

• "From Information Theory to the Information Age" Prof. Robert G. Gallager (49min.)
• "An Ancient DNA View of Human Origins" Dr. Svante Pääbo (45min.)

• Press Conference (7min.)

• Presentation Ceremony and Banquet (13min.)

Video Introduction of the Laureates

• "Materials and Production" field (7min.)
  Prof. Yoshio Okamoto
• "Biological Production, Ecology" field (8min.)
  Prof. Rattan Lal

Commemorative Lectures

• 「一方巻きらせん高分子合成と鏡像異性体分離への活用」Prof. Yoshio Okamoto (45min.)
• Sustainable Soil Management for Global Food and Climate Security Prof. Rattan Lal (42min.)
• Press Conference (9min.)

• Presentation Ceremony and Banquet (9min.)

Video Introduction of the Laureates

• "Resources, Energy, Environment and Social Infrastructure" field (8min.)
  Dr. Akira Yoshino
• "Medical Science and Medicinal Science" field (11min.)
  Dr. Max D. Cooper / Dr. Jacques Miller

Commemorative Lectures

• "リチウムイオン電池の開発と事業化までの道のり" Dr. Akira Yoshino (30min.)
• "B and T Lymphocytes : Integral Pillars of Adaptive Immunity" Dr. Max D. Cooper "T Cells : From Discovery to Cancer Immunotherapy" Dr. Jacques Miller (50min.)
• Press Conference (9min.)

• Presentation Ceremony and Banquet (9min.)

Video Introduction of the Laureates

• "Electronics, Information and Communication" field (9min.)
  Dr. Adi Shamir

Dr. Adi Shamir

• "Life Science" field (9min.)
  Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier / Dr. Jennifer A. Doudna

Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier / Dr. Jennifer A. Doudna

Commemorative Lectures

• "Cryptography: Past, Present, Future" (32min.)
  Dr. Adi Shamir
• "Origins, mechanisms and evolution of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology" Prof. Charpentier "A CRISPR World: From Biology to Technology of Genome Editing"(59min.)
  Dr. Doudna
• Press Conference (9min.)

• Presentation Ceremony and Banquet (9min.)

Video Introduction of the Laureates

• "Materials and Production" field (9min.)
  Dr. Hideo Hosono
• "Biological Production and Biological Environment" field (8min.)
  Dr. Steven D. Tanksley

Commemorative Lectures

• "Element Strategy and Future Materials" (54min.)
  Dr. Hideo Hosono
• "about modern crop breeding through research on development of molecular genetic analysis" (49min.)
  Dr. Steven D. Tanksley
• Press Conference (9min.)

• Presentation Ceremony and Banquet (9min.)

Video Introduction of the Laureates

• "Resources, Energy and Social Infrastructure" field (8min.)
  Dr. Yutaka Takahasi
• "Medical Science and Medicinal Science" field (9min.)
  Dr. Friedmann / Prof. Fischer

Commemorative Lectures

• "日本人と河川技術の歴史" (38min.)
  Dr. Yutaka Takahasi
• "Gene therapy - A 45 year journey from concept to a new medicine"
  Dr. Friedmann "Gene therapy, from primary immunodeficiencies to diversified indications" (67min.)
  Prof. Fischer
• Press Conference (9min.)

• Presentation Ceremony and Banquet (9 min.)

Video Introduction of the Laureates

• "Electronics, Information and Communication" Field (8min.)
  Dr. Yasuharu Suematsu
• "Life Science" Field (7min.)
  Dr. C. David Allis

Commemorative Lectures

• "Beyond the double helix: varying the terrain of epigenetic landscapes in development & disease"
• Press Conference(11 min.)
  Dr. C. David Allis

Video Introduction of the Laureates

• "Materials and Production" Field (7min.)
  Prof. C. Grant Willson / Prof. Jean M. J. Fréchet
• "Biological Production and Biological Environment" Field (10min.)
  Dr. John Frederick Grassle

Commemorative Lectures

• Prof. C. Grant Willson / Prof. Jean M. J. Fréchet
  "Chemistry for Lithography"
• Dr. Paul Snelgrove (Representing Dr. John Frederick Grassle)
  "A New Appreciation of Ocean Life"
• Press Conference(11 min.)

• Presentation Ceremony and Banquet (10 min.)

Video Introduction of the Laureates

• "Environment, Energy and Infrastructure" Field (7min.)
• "Healthcare and Medical Technology" Field (10min.)

Commemorative Lectures

• Panel Discussion
  "Successful Approach Targeting Leukemic Cells" (71min.)
• Lecture
  "How the World's Strongest 'Neodymium Magnet' Came to Exist" (43min.)
• Press Conference(10 min.)

Video Introduction of the Laureates

• "Information and Communications" Field (8min.)
• "Bioscience and Medical Science" Field (8min.)
• Press Conference (10min.)

• Presentation Ceremony and Banquet (10 min.)

Video Introduction of the Laureates

• Video Introduction of the Laureates (11 min.)

Commemorative Lectures

• Prof. Shun-ichi Iwasaki (46 min.)
  Perpendicular Magnetic Recording -Its Development and Realization-
• Prof. Peter Vitousek (46 min.)
  An Islander's Perspective on Global Change

• Commemorative Press Conference (7 min.)

• Presentation Ceremony and Banquet (10 min.)

Commemorative Lectures

• Dr. Dennis L. Meadows (48 min.)
• Dr. David E. Kuhl (44 min.)

Winner Interview Video

• Dr. Dennis L. Meadows (3 min.)
• Dr. David E. Kuhl (3 min.)

• Presentation Ceremony (9 min.)

Commemorative Lectures

• Dr. Vinton G. Cerf (32 min.)
• Dr. Robert E. Kahn (55 min.)
• Dr. Victor A. McKusick (53 min.)

• Presentation Ceremony (35 min.)

Commemorative Lectures

• Prof. Dr. Peter Grunberg (52 min.)
• Prof. Albert Fert (47 min.)
• Dr. Peter Shaw Ashton (54 min.)

• 2006 (22nd) Japan Prize (70 min.)

• 2005 (21st) Japan Prize (15 min.)

• 2004 (20th) Japan Prize (19 min.)