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Kyoto Prize Laureate Selection Processes

Every year, The Inamori Foundation selects internationally recognized authorities in each field of the three Kyoto Prize categories to serve as nominators. Laureates will be chosen only from among the pool of officially nominated candidates. The candidates thus nominated from around the world are reviewed by the Kyoto Prize Selection Organization, which consists of three Kyoto Prize Selection Committees (one for each category), three Kyoto Prize Committees (one for each category), and the Kyoto Prize Executive Committee. This three-tiered structure ensures strict impartiality, a primary concern of the Inamori Foundation.

The first screening is done by the Kyoto Prize Selection Committees, made up of leading authorities in each Prize field. Next, focusing on the recommendations of the Selection Committees while applying a wider range of criteria, the Kyoto Prize Committees choose ranked short lists of candidates. Finally, the Kyoto Prize Executive Committee selects the finalists in all three categories from a broader perspective, paying special attention to whether their achievements are in line with the philosophy of the Kyoto Prize. The Kyoto Prize Executive Committee submits the final list of laureates, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.

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MEMBERS OF THE 2010 KYOTO PRIZE SELECTION ORGANIZATION
(Affiliations are as of June 1,2010)
KYOTO PRIZE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman
Amari, Shun-ichi (Senior Advisor, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN)
 
Hironaka, Heisuke (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)
 
Honjo, Tasuku (Executive Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office)
 
Kajiyama, Tisato (President, Japan Student Services Organization)
 
Kawakatsu, Heita (Governor, Shizuoka Prefectural Government)
 
Nakanishi, Shigetada (Director, Osaka Bioscience Institute)
 
Noyori, Ryoji (President, RIKEN)
 
Sakaki, Hiroyuki (Vice President, Toyota Technological Institute)
 
Sato, Humitaka (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)
 
Sengen, Ryuichiro (President, Institute of Industrial Property Law)
 
Suematsu, Yasuharu (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
 
Takashina, Shuji (Director, Ohara Museum of Art)
KYOTO PRIZE COMMITTEE
KYOTO PRIZE SELECTION COMMITTEE

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY / KYOTO PRIZE COMMITTEE
Chairman
Honjo, Tasuku (Executive Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office)
 
Ikuta, Koji (Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
 
Kita, Toru (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)
 
Nakamura, Yoshikazu (Professor, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo)
 
Narumiya, Shuh (Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
 
Oishi, Michio (Director, Kazusa DNA Research Institute)
 
Suda, Toshio (Professor, School of Medicine, Keio University)
 
Watanabe, Yasuyoshi (Director, Center for Molecular Imaging Science, RIKEN)

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY / KYOTO PRIZE SELECTION COMMITTEE
Chairman
Narumiya, Shuh (Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
 
Hiraoka, Masahiro (Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
 
Kadowaki, Takashi (Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
 
Kohara, Yuji (Director General, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems)
 
Nagano, Tetsuo (Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
 
Nakauchi, Hiromitsu (Professor, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo)
 
Shinozaki, Kazuo (Director, Plant Science Center, RIKEN)
 
Toyoshima, Chikashi (Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo)


BASIC SCIENCES / KYOTO PRIZE COMMITTEE
Chairman
Hironaka, Heisuke (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)
 
Ihara, Yasutaka (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
 
Kashiwara, Masaki (Specially Appointed Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)
 
Kusuoka, Shigeo (Professor, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
 
Mimura, Masayasu (Director, Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University)
 
Mori, Shigefumi (Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)
 
Satsuma, Junkichi (Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University)
 
Sugihara, Kokichi (Specially Appointed Professor, Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University)

BASIC SCIENCES / KYOTO PRIZE SELECTION COMMITTEE
Chairman
Kashiwara, Masaki (Specially Appointed Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)
 
Fukaya, Kenji (Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
 
Imai, Hiroshi (Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
 
Kotani, Motoko (Distinguished Professor, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
 
Kurokawa, Nobushige (Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
 
Miwa, Tetsuji (Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
 
Murota, Kazuo (Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
 
Nakamura, Yoshimasa (Dean, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University)


ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY / KYOTO PRIZE COMMITTEE
Chairman
Takashina, Shuji (Director, Ohara Museum of Art)
 
Ito, Toshiharu (Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts)
 
Kashiwagi, Hiroshi (Professor, College of Art and Design, Musashino Art University)
 
Mizusawa, Tsutomu (Deputy Director, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama)
 
Sakai, Tadayasu (Director, Setagaya Art Museum)
 
Suzuki, Hiroyuki (Professor, School of Cultural and Creative Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University)
 
Tani, Arata (Director, Utsunomiya Museum of Art)
 
Tatehata, Akira (Director, The National Museum of Art, Osaka)

ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY / KYOTO PRIZE SELECTION COMMITTEE
Chairman
Kashiwagi, Hiroshi (Professor, College of Art and Design, Musashino Art University)
 
Igarashi, Taro (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University.)
 
Kasahara, Michiko (Chief Curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)
 
Kohmoto, Shinji (Curatorial Advisor, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto)
 
Motoe, Kunio (Professor, Faculty of Art and Design, Tama Art University)
 
Nishino, Yoshiaki (Professor, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo)
 
Osaka, Eriko (Museum Director, Yokohama Museum of Art)
 
Takeuchi, Jun'ichi (Director, Eiseibunko Museum)