Japan Prize winners by year
The Japan Prize Foundation · Science prize · usually Jan · next expected Jan 2027
Winners
4 of 18 winners
Kazuo HagimotoPrincipal Researcher, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology · Electronics, Information, and Communication2023Source ↗
Masataka NakazawaDistinguished Professor/Specially Appointed Professor, Tohoku University · Electronics, Information, and Communication2023Source ↗
Gero MiesenböckWaynflete Professor of Physiology, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford · Life Sciences2023Source ↗
Karl DeisserothProfessor, Departments of Bioengineering and Psychiatry, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University · Life Sciences2023Source ↗
About this award
Two annual prizes for original and outstanding achievements in science and technology that advance knowledge and serve humanity, in fields that rotate each year.
The next date is an estimate from the months past editions were announced (Jan); it changes when The Japan Prize Foundation announces one.
Editions 2021 to 2026 loaded with 18 winners; the 2026 edition named Cynthia Dwork and 2 others.
Now tracked: Two annual prizes for original and outstanding achievements in science and technology that advance knowledge and serve humanity, in fields that rotate each year.