The Kyoto Prize is Japan's highest private award for lifetime achievement in the arts and sciences, given to those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment of mankind. It was established in 1984 and the laureates have been annually awarded since 1985 by the Inamori Foundation, founded by Kazuo Inamori, in three categories: Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. It is often described as Japan's version of the Nobel Prize.
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Founded YearSourced to the subject's own accountEstablished in 1984; the first laureates were awarded in 1985, which is the year this atlas records as founded-year, matching the family's first-award-year convention for prizes. FounderSourced to the subject's own accountKazuo Inamori, through the Inamori Foundation 1 Kyoto Prize
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The Kyoto Prize (京都賞, Kyōto-shō) is Japan's highest private award for lifetime achievement in the arts and sciences.
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The Kyoto Prize was established in 1984, and the laureates have been annually awarded since 1985.
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The Kyoto Prize (京都賞, Kyōto-shō) is Japan's highest private award for lifetime achievement in the arts and sciences.
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He received the Kyoto Prize for Basic Sciences in 2012, the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.
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Stuart Ballantine Medal (1971) EPS Europhysics Prize (1978) Demidov Prize (1999) Nobel Prize in Physics (2000) Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award (2000) Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (2001) State Prize of the Russian Federation (2001) SPIE Gold Medal (2002) Global Energy Prize (2005)
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Vetlesen Prize (1966) Kyoto Prize (1987)
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Turing Award (1971) Computer Pioneer Award (1985) IJCAI Award for Research Excellence (1985) Kyoto Prize (1988) National Medal of Science (1990) Benjamin Franklin Medal (2003)
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ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1975) Arthur C. Cope Award (1995) National Medal of Science (1998) Kyoto Prize (2003) Welch Award in Chemistry (2005) Dan David Prize (2005) Linus Pauling Award (2005) Priestley Medal (2007) Othmer Gold Medal (2010) King Faisal International Prize (2011) IRI Medal (2013) Kavli Prize (2022)
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