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: September 30 2022

Decision of Honda Prize 2022 Laureate
Dr. Hidetoshi Katori, Professor of Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Chief Scientist of Quantum Metrology Laboratory and Team Leader of Space-Time Engineering, Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN, has been selected to receive the Honda Prize 2022.

: August 31 2022

The 2nd Award Ceremony for Honda Y-E-S Award in Bangladesh took place in Dhaka on Aug 31, 2022

: July 19 2022

"The Honda Foundation Annual Activity Report 2021-22" has been published.
We have compiled this annual report for your review of our 2021-22 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 27 2022

The 13th & 14th Award Ceremony for Honda Y-E-S Award in Cambodia took place in Phnom Penh on June 27, 2022

: March 28 2022

Honda Foundation Report No. 182 has been uploaded.
The 42nd Honda Prize Commemorative Lecture
Can Physics and Serendipity benefit to Clinical Neurosciences?
Dr. Alim Louis Benabid

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.

September 20 2019

Honda Prize 2019 goes to Dr. Geoffrey E. Hinton, Professor Emeritus, the University of Toronto and Chief Scientific Advisor, Vector Institute, for his pioneering research in the field of deep learning in artificial intelligence and his contribution to practical application of the technology.

September 28 2018

Honda Prize 2018 goes to Dr. Fujio Masuoka, Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University, for his invention of the world’s first flash memory technology, enabling large capacity non-volatile semiconductor memories.

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