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May 27 2025

Honda Foundation Report No. 188 has been uploaded.
The 45th Honda Prize Commemorative Lecture

Optical Coherence Tomography: Development, Evolution and Future Prospects
Dr. James G. Fujimoto

: April 16 2025

Honda Foundation Colloquium No. 156 has been held.
"Unraveling the Mystery Behind Sleep—Wellness Starts with Healthy Sleep"
Dr. Masashi Yanagisawa, Director and Professor, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine(IIIS), University of Tsukuba

: February 14 2025

The Eleventh Award Ceremony for Honda Y-E-S Award in Myanmar took place in Yangon on February 14, 2025

: February 14 2025

The 17th Award Ceremony for Honda Y-E-S Award in Cambodia took place in Phnom Penh on February 14, 2025

February 11 2025

Honda Foundation Report No. 187 has been uploaded.
"Redesigning Science and Technology Innovation Policy in the Era of the Great Transition ―Threats and Opportunities"
Mr. Tateo Arimoto

Visiting Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies /

Senior Advisor to the President, Japan Science and Technology Agency /

Fellow, International Science Council /

Executive Director, Honda Foundation

September 30 2024

Honda Prize 2024 goes 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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