Asahi Prize
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The Asahi Prize is a prize awarded by the Japanese newspaper the Asahi shimbun for achievement in scholarship or the arts that has made a contribution to culture or society. It was established in 1929. Many recipients of this prize have later been honoured with a Nobel Prize. It is considered as one of the most prestigious prizes presented by a nongovernmental entity.
[edit] Recipients
- Shoichi Sakata, physicist, 1948
- Motosaburo Masuyama, statistician, 1948
- Kenkichi Iwasawa, mathematician, 1959
- Eiichi Goto, physicist, 1959.
- Yozo Matsushima, mathematician, 1962
- Shinichiro Tomonaga, physicist, 1946
- Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, novelist
- Izuo Hayashi, physicist, 1986[1]
- Donald Keene, writer, 1997
- Hirotsugu Akaike, statistician
- Akira Fujishima, chemist, 2003
[edit] References
- ^ Izuo Hayashi. Inamori Foundation
[edit] External links
- Contribution to Society page at Asahi shibun site
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