The Japan Prize is awarded to people from all parts of the world whose "original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind." It is presented by The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan. The prize consists of a certificate, a commemorative medal and a cash award of approximately 50 million yen (about USD$450,000). Only living individuals may be nominated for the prize. A 1,000 yen note, featuring the portrait of Natsume Soseki. ...

A complete list of laureates:

• 2005 Makoto Nagao, Masatoshi Takeichi, and Erkki Ruoslahti
• 2004 Kenichi Honda, Akira Fujishima, Keith J. Sainsbury, and John H. Lawton
• 2003 Benoît Mandelbrot, James A. Yorke, and Ogawa, Seiji
• 2002 Tim Berners-Lee, Anne McLaren, and Andrzej K. Tarkowski
• 2001 John B. Goodenough and Timothy R. Parsons
• 2000 Ian L. McHarg and Kimishige Ishizaka
• 1999 W. Wesley Peterson, Jack L. Strominger, and Don C. Wiley
• 1998 Leo Esaki, Jozef S. Schell, and Marc C. E. Van Montagu
• 1997 Takashi Sugimura, Bruce N. Ames, Joseph F. Engelberger, and Hiroyuki Yoshikawa
• 1996 Charles K. Kao and Masao Ito
• 1995 Nick Holonyak, Jr. and Edward F. Knipling
• 1994 William Hayward Pickering and Arvid Carlsson
• 1993 Frank Press and Kary B. Mullis
• 1992 Gerhard Ertl and Ernest John Christopher Polge
• 1991 Jacques - Louis Lions and John Julian Wild
• 1990 Marvin Minsky, William Jason Morgan, Dan Peter Mckenzie, and Xavier Le Pichon
• 1989 Frank Sherwood Rowland and Elias James Corey
• 1988 Georges Vendryes, Donald A. Henderson, Isao Arita, Frank Fenner, Luc Montagnier, and Robert C. Gallo
• 1987 Henry M. Beachell, Gurdev S. Khush, and Theodore H. Maiman
• 1986 David Turnbull and Willem J. Kolff
• 1985 John R. Pierce and Ephraim Katchalski

2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Benoît Mandelbrot was the first to use a computer to plot the Mandelbrot set. ... James A. Yorke (born August 3, 1941) is a Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a recipient of the 2003 Japan Prize for his work in chaotic systems. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Tim Berners-Lee Sir Tim (Timothy John) Berners-Lee, KBE (TimBL or TBL) (b. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John B. Goodenough is a professor of mechanical and electrical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Leo Esaki (江崎 玲於奈; correct transcription Esaki Reona; also known as Esaki Leona) (born March 12, 1925) is a Japanese physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 for his discovery of the phenomenon of electron tunneling. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... Joseph F. Engelberger is an engineer and entrepreneur who is often credited with being the Father of Robotics. Along with George Devol, Engelberger developed the first industrial robot in the United States, the Unimate. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Charles Kuen Kao, Ph. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Sir William Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE (December 24, 1910—March 15, 2004) headed Pasadena, Californias Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years, retiring in 1976, he was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space. ... Arvid Carlsson (b. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... Dr. Frank Press (born December 4, 1924) is an American geophysicist. ... Kary Banks Mullis (born December 28, 1944) is a biochemist. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Marvin Minsky Marvin Lee Minsky (born August 9, 1927), sometimes affectionately known as Old Man Minsky, is an American scientist in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of MITs AI laboratory, and author of several texts on AI and philosophy. ... Xavier Le Pichon (born June 18, 1937) is a French geophysicist. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frank Sherwood Rowland (born June 28, 1927) is a Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. ... Elias James Corey (born July 12, 1928) is an American organic chemist. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr Frank Fenner (born 1914) is an Australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of virology. ... Luc Montagnier (born 1932) is a French virologist. ... Dr. Robert C. Gallo Robert C. Gallo (born March 23, 1937) is a U.S. biomedical researcher. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Theodore Harold Maiman (born July 11, 1927) is an American physicist who invented the first operable laser device (patent number 3,353,115). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Robinson Pierce (March 27, 1910 - April 2, 2002), was an American engineer and author. ... Ephraim Katzir (born May 16, 1916) is an Israeli biophysicist and Israeli Labour Party politician. ...

External link

• The Japan Prize website (http://www.japanprize.jp/English.htm)