Prêmio Japão

O Prêmio Japão (日本国際賞) é uma condecoração internacional concedido a realizações "originais e excepcionais em ciência e tecnologia, reconhecidas por avanço das fronteiras do conhecimento e úteis às causas da paz e prosperidade da humanidade".

O prêmio é concedido pela Fundação Prêmio Japão. Consiste de um certificado, uma medalha comemorativa e um valor monetário de aproximadamente 50 milhões de yens. É concedido somente a pessoas vivas.

Laureados

Ano	Nome	Nacionalidade	Citação
1985	John Robinson Pierce	Estados Unidos	for outstanding achievement in the field of electronics and communications technologies.
	Ephraim Katzir	Israel	for outstanding achievement in basic theory in the field of immobilized enzymes and their practical applications
1986	David Turnbull	Estados Unidos	for pioneering contributions to materials science with impact on new materials technology such as amorphous solids
	Willem Johan Kolff		for research and development of artificial organs and their relevant technology
1987	Henry Beachell Gurdev S. Khush	Estados Unidos  Índia	for the development of the IR8 and IR36 strains for rice breeding strategies geared to the tropical and subtropical zones.
	Theodore Harold Maiman	Estados Unidos	for the realization of the world's first laser
1988	Georges Vendryes	França	for the establishment of fast breeder reactor technology.
	Donald Henderson Isao Arita Frank Fenner	Estados Unidos Japão  Austrália	for the eradication of Smallpox.
	Luc Montagnier Robert Gallo	França  Estados Unidos	for the discovery of the AIDS causing virus and development of diagnostic methods.
1989	Frank Sherwood Rowland	Estados Unidos	for the studies on the mechanisms of stratospheric ozone depletion by chlorofluorocarbons.
	Elias James Corey		for the pioneering contributions to the syntheses of prostaglandins and their related compounds which are of great therapeutic value.
1990	Marvin Minsky	Estados Unidos	for the establishment of an academic field named Artificial Intelligence and the proposal of fundamental theories in that field.
	William Jason Morgan Dan Peter McKenzie Xavier Le Pichon	Estados Unidos  Reino Unido  França	for the initiation of the theory of plate tectonics and contributions to its development.
1991	Jacques-Louis Lions	França	for the contributions to analysis and control of distributed systems, and to promotion of applied analysis.
	John Julian Wild	Estados Unidos	for the development of ultrasound imaging in medicine.
1992	Gerhard Ertl	Alemanha	for the contributions to the new development of the chemistry and physics of solid surfaces.
	Ernest John Christopher Polge	Reino Unido	for the discovery of a method of the cryopreservation of semen and embryos in farm animals.
1993	Frank Press	Estados Unidos	for the development of modern seismology and advancement of international cooperation in disaster science.
	Kary Mullis		for the development of the polymerase chain reaction.
1994	William Hayward Pickering	Nova Zelândia	for inspirational leadership in unmanned lunar and planetary exploration, and for pioneering achievements in the development of spacecraft and deep space communications.
	Arvid Carlsson	Suécia	for the discovery of dopamine as a neurotransmitter and clarification of its role in mental and motor functions and their disorders.
1995	Nick Holonyak	Estados Unidos	for outstanding contributions to research and practical applications of light emitting diodes and lasers through pioneering achievements in the understanding of physical principles and in the process technology of intermetallic compound semiconductors.
	Edward Fred Knipling		for pioneering contributions in the development of Integrated Pest Management by the Sterile Insect Release Method and other biological approaches.
1996	Charles Kao	Estados Unidos	for pioneering research on wide-band, low-loss optical fiber communications.
	Masao Ito	Japão	for the elucidation of the functional principles and neural mechanisms of the cerebellum.
1997	Takashi Sugimura Bruce Ames	Japão  Estados Unidos	for the contribution to establishment of fundamental concept on causes of cancer.
	Joseph Engelberger Hiroyuki Yoshikawa	Estados Unidos Japão	for the establishment of the Robot Industry and Creation of a Techno-Global Paradigm.
1998	Leo Esaki	Estados Unidos	for the creation and realization of the concept of man-made superlattice crystals which lead to generation of new materials with useful applications.
	Jozef Schell Marc Van Montagu	Bélgica  Bélgica	for the establishment of the theory and method of the production of transgenic plants.
1999	William Wesley Peterson	Estados Unidos	for the establishment of coding theory for reliable digital communication, broadcasting and storage.
	Jack Leonard Strominger Don Craig Wiley		for the elucidation of the three dimensional structures of class I and class II human histocompatibility antigens and their bound peptides.
2000	Ian McHarg	Estados Unidos	for the establishment of an ecological City Planning Process and a proposal of a Land Use Evaluation System.
	Kimishige Ishizaka	Japão	for the discovery of Immunoglobulin E and mechanisms of IgE-mediated allergic reactions.
2001	John Bannister Goodenough	Estados Unidos	for the discovery of environmentally benign electrode materials for high energy density rechargeable lithium batteries.
	Timothy Richard Parsons	Canadá	for the contributions to the development of Biological/Fisheries Oceanography and for conservation of fishery resources and marine environment.
2002	Tim Berners-Lee	Reino Unido	for advancement of civilization through invention, implementation and deployment of the World Wide Web.
	Anne McLaren Andrzej Tarkowski	Reino Unido  Polónia	for pioneering work on mammalian embryonic development.
2003	Benoît Mandelbrot James Yorke	Estados Unidos  Estados Unidos	for the creation of universal concepts in complex systems - Chaos and Fractals.
	Seiji Ogawa	Japão	for the discovery of the principle for functional magnetic resonance imaging.
2004	Kenichi Honda Akira Fujishima	Japão Japão	for pioneering work on photochemical catalysis and its application for the environment.
	Keith J. Sainsbury	Nova Zelândia	for contributions to the understanding of shelf ecosystems and their sustainable utilization.
	John Lawton	Reino Unido	for observational, experimental and theoretical achievements for the scientific understanding and conservation of Biodiversity.
2005	Makoto Nagao	Japão	for pioneering contributions to Natural Language Processing and Intelligent Image Processing.
	Masatoshi Takeichi Erkki Ruoslahti	Japão  Estados Unidos	for fundamental contribution in elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Adhesion.
2006	John Houghton	Reino Unido	for pioneering research on atmospheric structure and composition based on his satellite observation technology and for promotion of international assessments of climate change.
	Akira Endo	Japão	for the discovery of the Statins and their development.
2007	Albert Fert Peter Grünberg	França Alemanha	for the discovery of Giant Magneto-Resistance (GMR) and its contribution to development of innovative spin-electronics devices.
	Peter Shaw Ashton	Reino Unido	for contributions to the conservation of tropical forest.
2008	Vint Cerf Robert Kahn	Estados Unidos	for the creation of network architecture and communication protocol for the Internet.
	Victor Almon McKusick		for the establishment of medical genetics and contributions to its development.
2009	Dennis Meadows		for contributions in the area of "Transformation towards a sustainable society in harmony with nature".
	David Kuhl		for contributions in the area of "Technological integration of medical science and engineering". It means the tomographic imaging in nuclear medicine.
2010	Shun’ichi Iwasaki	Japão	for contributions to high-density magnetic recording technology by the development of a perpendicular magnetic recording method.
	Peter Vitousek	Estados Unidos	for contributions to solving global environmental issues based on the analysis of nitrogen and other substances’ cycles.
2011	Kenneth Thompson Dennis Ritchie		pelo sistema operacional Unix.
	Tadamitsu Kishimoto Toshio Hirano	Japão	pela descoberta da interleucina 6.

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