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Video footage of the press conference that announced the 2021 Kyoto Prize laureates at the Hotel Nikko Princess Kyoto is now available.
This year's Kyoto Prize features the following fields for each category: Information Science for Advanced Technology, Life Sciences (Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology) for Basic Sciences, and Thought and Ethics for Arts and Philosophy.
On May 20, 2021, Dr. Jane Goodall, a primatologist and the 1990 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences, was awarded the 2021 Templeton Prize!
Interivew with Dr. Takashi Mimura, the 2017 Kyoto Prize laureate in the Advanced Technology category, titled “Being of Service” Means to Be Needed and Appreciated by the Overwhelming Majority
The Inamori Foundation is pleased to announce the 2021 Kyoto Prize laureates on June 18, 2021 after a one-year postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2020, which was postponed last Spring due to the spread of a new coronavirus infection, will be held online as the Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2021 and distributed from the University of Oxford.
In the first installment of the series “Unearthing the Words of Kyoto Prize Laureates,” we had the pleasure of interviewing , the 2015 Kyoto Prize laureate in the Advanced Technology category.
Dr. Isamu Akasaki, who contributed to the realization of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), passed away on April 1, 2021 at the age of 92.
On March 15, 2021, Dr. László Lovász, the 2010 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences, was awarded the Arbel Prize which recognizes mathematicians with extraordinary achievements. Congratulations on this great honor!
On March 5, 2021, Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum, the 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in Arts and Philosophy, selected as the recipient of the Holberg Prize which honors scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology. Many congratulations on this prestigious recognition!
Dr. Isamu Akasaki, 2009 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, was awarded the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering on February 2. The Prize recognizes researchers who have brought benefits to the world through groundbreaking technological innovations. Congratulations for the great honor! Dr. Akasaki’s persistent research on gallium nitride (GaN) and its application to light-emitting...
Savoring the Words from Kyoto Prize Laureates” is a series featuring the words of Kyoto Prize laureates. This is the second installment in the series. The words featured in this piece can be also enjoyed by touching the large displays at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art in Kyoto . We hope you will...