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: September 30 2024

"Dr. James G. Fujimoto"
Elihu Thomson Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

September 27 2024

Honda Foundation Report No. 186 has been uploaded.
"Toward a future in space transformed by robotics and AI"
Dr. Kazuya Yoshida

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Tohoku University

June 27 2024

Honda Foundation Report No. 185 has been uploaded.
"The Best Gut Control to Extend the Health Age"
Dr. Yoshimi Benno, DVM, PhD

Chief director, Benno Institute for Gut Microflora Honorary /

Fellow, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research （RIKEN）

: June 14 2024

"The Honda Foundation Annual Activity Report 2023-24" has been published.
We have compiled this annual report for your review of our 2023-24 activities in more details. Please have a read through it and let us know whatever you think we can do to make things better.

: June 14 2024

Honda Foundation Colloquium No. 153 has been held.
"Towards a Future Transformed by Space x Robot x AI"
Dr. Kazuya Yoshida, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University

September 30 2024

In 2024, the 45th Honda Prize will be awarded to Dr. James G. Fujimoto, Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT, U.S.A.） for his research group’s development of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). The prize also acknowledges his consistent contribution to the commercialization and clinical translation of OCT in ophthalmology, cardiology, and biomedical research through multidisciplinary collaborative research.

September 29 2023

Honda Prize 2023 goes to Dr. Masato Sagawa(an advisor to Daido Steel. Co. Ltd,. and the president, NDFEB Corporation) and Dr. John J. Croat (former president, John Croat Consulting Inc.) for their independent inventions of “neodymium(Nd-Fe-B) magnet” recognized as the strongest on Earth, which significantly supports our daily lives.

September 30 2022

Honda Prize 2022 goes to Dr. Hidetoshi Katori, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, (Principal Investigator/Team Leader, RIKEN) for inventing the “optical lattice clock” which is 1,000 times more accurate than conventional atomic clocks and deviates only one second in 30 billion years.

September 30 2021

Honda Prize 2021 goes to Dr. Alim Louis Benabid, Professor Emeritus of Joseph Fourier University and Chairman of the Board of Clinatec, Edmond J. Safra Biomedical Research Center, for his contribution to pioneering research and practical application of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to the treatment of involuntary movement caused by progressive Parkinson’s disease.

September 30 2020

Honda Prize 2020 goes to Dr. Henning Kagermann, Chair of the Board of Trustees, National Academy of Science and Engineering, for pioneering the principles of Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industrie 4.0) and made a significant impact on the world.

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