Nobel Prize

After receiving his MS from Kyoto University in 1972, Akira Yoshino joined Asahi Kasei Corporation, where he invented the lithium-ion battery in the 1980s and completed a practical prototype. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019.

Chieko Asakawa joined IBM Japan in 1985. She was appointed an IBM Fellow in 2009. Since 2014, she serves as a visiting professor at CMU. In 2018, she moved to IBM US. She concurrently serves as chief executive director of Miraikan.

Shunsuke Managi is a director for UN Inclusive Wealth Report, proposing its index as a measure beyond GDP, and co-editor of ‘Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics’.

Juichi Yamagiwa, director-general of RIHN, is a researcher and expert in the study of primatology and human evolution. He served as president of Kyoto University, president of International Primatological Society and president of Science Council of Japan.

Haruko Takeyama received her PhD in engineering in 1992, and is a professor at Waseda University since 2007. She has served as PM for Moonshot goal 5, PO for JST-ASPIRE Bio, and as a member of the Science Council of Japan.

Hiroshi Ishiguro is professor of Department of Systems Innovation at Osaka University, visiting director of Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories at Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute, project manager of MOONSHOT R&D Project, thematic project producer of EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, and CEO of AVITA, Inc.

Akira Furusawa is professor of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo and deputy director of RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing. He succeeded in unconditional quantum teleportation at Caltech with Jeff Kimble in 1998.

Arisa Ema has earned a PhD from the University of Tokyo, researching the relationship between AI, robotics, and society. She also participates in the UN’s advisory body on AI and the OECD’s expert group.

Maki Kawai obtained a PhD degree in chemistry from the University of Tokyo, she is currently president of National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan (2022-), director general of Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS) of JST (2024-), and a member of Japan Academy.

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