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AWARDS

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 6, 2023
‘Sakura’ musician Masa Takumi wins Grammy for best global music album
The 44-year-old creator, who won for his fifth full-length solo album, is the first Japanese artist to ever win the category.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 29, 2023
'Attack on Titan' creator honored at French comics festival
Hajime Isayama, creator of the popular Japanese manga series was given a special award at the International Comics Festival in Angouleme, France.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 17, 2023
Could the Akutagawa Prize get its first American winner?
Gregory Khezrnejat, whose short story “Kaikonchi” is up for the literary award, sees writing in Japanese as a minor rebellion against English's assumed dominance in global culture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2022
'Be the leaders you wanted as kids,' teenage prize winner says
Rena Kawasaki, 17, received the 2022 KidsRights International Children's Prize for her campaigns in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022
Bernanke and two academics win Nobel in economics for work on banks’ role in crises
Former Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke and economists Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig were awarded for their influential work on the relationship between banks and economic turmoil.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 6, 2022
French author Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize in literature
The Swedish Academy lauded 'the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 6, 2022
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work ‘snapping molecules together’
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless were honored for their advances in “click chemistry,” which could have important applications in treating and diagnosing illnesses.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 5, 2022
Quantum entanglement: The 'spooky' science behind the physics Nobel
Even people with physics degrees struggle to understand the bizarre phenomenon.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2022
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to trio for work exploring quantum weirdness
Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger were recognized for their experiments in an area that has broad implications for secure information transfer and quantum computing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2022
Nobel Prize shines light on paleogenetics, the study of ancient DNA
New Nobel laureate Svante Paabo is considered the father of both paleogenetics and paleogenomics, which aims to reconstruct the genetic information of long extinct human relatives.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 3, 2022
Sweden's Svante Paabo wins 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine
Paabo won “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution,' kicking off a week of winner announcements.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 3, 2022
Medicine prize opens Nobel week clouded by war
Breast cancer discoveries and mRNA vaccines are potential winners when the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine kicks off a week of announcements held under the shadow of war in Europe.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 13, 2022
Netflix's megahit ‘Squid Game’ makes history at Emmy Awards
Lee Jung-jae, the star of the dystopian South Korean series, took home the top acting prize and became the first person from a foreign-language show to win best actor in a drama.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 13, 2022
‘Succession’ wins best drama at Emmys as HBO triumphs again
It was the sixth time in eight years that HBO has taken the television industry's biggest prize for a recurring series. 'Ted Lasso' won best comedy.
JAPAN
May 19, 2022
Mayuko Yamashita, 26, wins new award for young female researchers
Yamashita, who became an assistant professor in mathematics at 23, was awarded for her work on mathematical applications to particle physics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 1, 2022
A night to savor for Japan's restaurants at 2022 Asia's 50 Best awards
It was a result for the ages: 11 restaurants from Japan made the cut, including eight in the top 20. If that wasn't enough, the top prize went to Tokyo's much loved Den.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 9, 2021
Recognizing the growing repression of the news media by governments
In an era of increasing authoritarianism and swirling misinformation, Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov were honored for their work to hold leaders to account.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 2, 2021
Nobel Prize in medicine for COVID-19 vaccine? It may be too soon.
Among those seen by other scientists as potential winners are Hungarian-born Katalin Kariko and American Drew Weissman for their work on what are known as messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 20, 2021
'Ted Lasso,' 'The Crown,' and 'Queen's Gambit' win top Emmy Awards
The best drama series win for 'The Crown' gave Netflix its biggest prize so far, while Apple TV+ entered streaming's big leagues with the best comedy series win for 'Ted Lasso.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 26, 2021
Chloe Zhao and ‘Nomadland’ win at 2021 Oscars
Zhao, who is Chinese, became only the second woman, and the first woman of color, to win the best director award.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
The Nobel Prize and a testy phone call: How the Trump-Modi relationship unraveled
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet one another at the start of a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington in February.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Japan is warming up to tattoos — just not permanent ones
Tattoos have a complex history in Japan, but new types of temporary ink are letting locals curious about body art experiment without the commitment.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.

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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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