Asahi Prize
| Asahi Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Achievement in science or arts that has made a great contribution to culture or society |
| Country | Japan |
| Presented by | Asahi shimbunand Asahi Shimbun Foundation |
| First awarded | 1929 |
| Website | www |
TheAsahi Prize(Mặt trời mới mọc thưởng,Asahi Shō),established in 1929, is an award presented by the Japanese newspaperAsahi Shimbunand Asahi Shimbun Foundation to honor individuals and groups that have made outstanding accomplishments in the fields of arts and academics and have greatly contributed to the development and progress of Japanese culture and society at large.[1]
The Asahi Prize was created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation ofAsahi Shimbun.It is recognized today as one of the most authoritative private awards.[2]
Prize winners
[edit]Past prize winners include the following.[1]
Arts
[edit]- Tsubouchi Shōyō,novelist, 1929
- Taikan Yokoyama,artist, 1933
- Jigoro Kano,founder of judo, 1935
- Shimazaki Toson,novelist, 1935
- Ryōhei Koiso,painter, 1939
- Jun'ichirō Tanizaki,novelist, 1948
- NHK Symphony Orchestra,1951
- Mashiho Chiri,1954
- Eiji Yoshikawa,novelist, 1955
- Shikō Munakata,artist, 1964
- Jirō Osaragi,writer, 1964
- Akira Kurosawa,film director, 1965
- Haruko Sugimura,actress, 1968
- Ryōtarō Shiba,novelist, 1982
- Ineko Sata,writer, 1983
- Yasushi Inoue,novelist, 1984
- Seiji Ozawa,conductor, 1985
- Osamu Tezuka,manga artist, 1987
- Migishi Setsuko,artist, 1989
- Seichō Matsumoto,novelist, 1989
- Shuhei Fujisawa,novelist, 1993
- Tadao Ando,architect, 1994 (1996Praemium Imperialewinner) (1997Royal Gold Medalwinner)
- Kenzaburō Ōe,novelist, 1994 (1994 Nobel Prize in Literature)
- Shuntaro Tanikawa,poet, 1995
- Yoji Yamada,film director, 1996
- Donald Keene,writer, 1997
- Yayoi Kusama,artist, 2000 (2006Praemium Imperialewinner)
- Hayao Miyazaki,film director, 2001 (2002Academy Award for Best Animated Featurewinner)
- Ai Nagai,playwright, 2005[3]
- Haruki Murakami,novelist, 2006
- Shigeru Mizuki,manga artist, 2008[4]
- Tadanori Yokoo,artist, 2011[5]
- Takarazuka Revue,2013[6]
- Tatsuya Nakadai,actor, 2013
- Shigeru Ban,architect, 2014
- Taichi Yamada,screenwriter, 2014
- Tōta Kaneko,poet 2015
- Kazushi Ono,conductor 2015
- Moto Hagio,manga artist, 2016
- Jakucho Setouchinovelist, 2017
- Yoko Tawada,writer, 2019
- Haruomi Hosono.bass player, 2020
- Daidō Moriyama,photographer, 2020
- Machi Tawara,poet, 2021
Science
[edit]- Yoshio Nishina,physicist, 1944
- Shinichiro Tomonaga,physicist, 1946 (1965Nobel Prizein Physics)
- Shoichi Sakata,physicist, 1948
- Tomizo Yoshida,pathologist, 1951
- Kiyoshi Oka,mathematician, 1953
- Hamao Umezawa,scientist, 1958
- Leo Esaki,physicist, 1959 (1973 Nobel Prize in Physics)
- Osamu Hayaishi,biochemist, 1964 (1986Wolf Prize in Medicine)
- Yoshimasa Hirata,chemist, 1965
- Chushiro Hayashi,astrophysicist, 1965
- Heisuke Hironaka,mathematician, 1967 (1970Fields Medal)
- Setsuro Ebashi,biomedical scientist, 1968 (1999International Prize for Biology)
- Reiji Okazaki,molecular biologist, 1970
- Kimishige Ishizaka,immunologist, 1973
- Kiyoshi Itô,mathematician, 1977 (2006Gauss Prize)
- Susumu Tonegawa,molecular biologist, 1981 (1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
- Tasuku Honjo,immunologist, 1981 (2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
- Hidesaburo Hanafusa,virologist, 1983
- Masaki Watanabe,orthopedic surgeon, 1983
- Yasutomi Nishizuka,biochemist, 1985 (1994 Wolf Prize in Medicine)
- Motoo Kimura,biologist, 1986 (1992Darwin Medal)
- KamiokandeProject Team (Leader:Masatoshi Koshiba), 1987 (2002 Nobel Prize in Physics)
- Masaki Kashiwara/Takahiro Kawai,mathematician, 1987
- Hirotsugu Akaike,statistician, 1988
- Tadamitsu Kishimoto,immunologist, 1988 (2009Crafoord Prize)
- Tadatsugu Taniguchi,immunologist, 1988
- Tomisaku Kawasaki,pediatrician, 1989
- Masato Sagawa,Metallurgist, 1990 (2012Japan Prize)
- Goro Shimura,mathematician, 1991
- Ryoji Noyori,chemist, 1992 (2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
- Masatoshi Takeichi,biologist, 1993
- Makoto Kobayashi,physicist, 1994 (2008 Nobel Prize in Physics)
- Toshihide Masukawa,physicist, 1994 (2008 Nobel Prize in Physics)
- Nobutaka Hirokawa,neuroscientist, 1995
- Syukuro Manabe,meteorologist, 1995 (2021 Nobel Prize in Physics)
- Sumio Iijima,physicist, 1996
- Shigekazu Nagata,molecular biologist, 1997
- Super KamiokandeProject Team (Leader:Yoji Totsuka), 1998
- Toshio Yanagida,biophysicist, 1998
- Seiji Ogawa,physicist, 1999
- Shuji Nakamura,material scientist, 2000 (2014 Nobel Prize in Physics)
- Isamu Akasaki,material scientist, 2000 (2014 Nobel Prize in Physics)
- Shizuo Akira,immunologist, 2005
- Takao Kondo,biologist, 2006
- Osamu Shimomura,chemist, 2006 (2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
- Shinya Yamanaka,biomedical scientist, 2007 (2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
- Yoshinori Ohsumi,biologist, 2008 (2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
- HayabusaMission (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), 2010[7]
- Kenji Kosaka,psychiatrist, 2013[6]
- Kazutoshi Mori,molecular biologist, 2013[6](2014Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research)
- Hiroaki Mitsuya,virologist, 2014
- Satoshi Ōmura,biochemist, 2014 (2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
- Hiraku Nakajima,mathematician, 2016
- Jaw-Shen Tsai,Taiwanese physicist, 2020
- Takurō Mochizuki,mathematician, 2020 (2022 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics)
- Keiko Torii,plant scientist, 2021
References
[edit]- ^ab"The Asahi Prize".Retrieved2014-02-02.
- ^"Award".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-02-04.Retrieved2014-02-02.
- ^Japan SocietyArchived2015-05-01 at theWayback Machine
- ^Thủy mộc tiên sinh được thưởng 『 2008 năm độ mặt trời mới mọc thưởng 』(in Japanese). Tourism Section, Trading and Tourism Div., Industry Environment Dept., Sakaiminato City. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-02-28.Retrieved2014-02-02.
- ^"Artist Yokoo, four others win 2011 Asahi Award".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-02-03.Retrieved2014-02-02.
- ^abc２０１３ niên độ mặt trời mới mọc thưởng に trọng đại đạt thỉ ら, bảo trủng ca kịch đoàn も được thưởng(PDF)(in Japanese).Retrieved2014-02-03.
- ^"ISAS ニュース 2011 năm 2 nguyệt hào"(PDF)(in Japanese).Retrieved2014-02-02.
External links
[edit]- Official website(in Japanese)
- Website of the Asahi Shimbunwith information on the award winners sorted by year of award(in Japanese)
- Website of the Asahi Shimbunwith information on the winners from 2001 to 2017(in Japanese)
- Website of the Asahi Shimbunwith information on the winners from 1971 to 2000(in Japanese)
- Website of the Asahi Shimbunwith information on the winners from 1929 to 1970(in Japanese)
- Website of the Asahi Shimbunwith information on the winners from 1929 to recent years and a description of the achievements since 2000(in English)