Ichiro Tsuda (June 4, 1953-) is a Japanese mathematical scientist, applied mathematician, physicist, and writer. His…
Ichiro Tsuda (June 4, 1953-) is a Japanese mathematical scientist, applied mathematician, physicist, and writer. His research carrier started at an early stage of chaos studies. His research interests cover chaotic dynamical systems, complex systems, brain dynamics and artificial intelligence. He has contributed to the development and promotion of complex systems researches. He found several novel phenomena in chaotic dynamical systems such as Noise-Induced Order and Chaotic Itinerancy. He also proposed a chaotic theory for dynamic behaviors of brain (for example,) within a framework of cerebral hermeneutics. He received academic awards such as 2010 HFSP Program Award for international collaborative research on the neural mechanisms of deliberative decision making in rats (Joint awardees were David Redish, Jan Lauwereyns, Emma Wood, and Paul Dudchenko). He was also awarded as a plenary lecturer in prestigious international conferences such as in the 6th ICIAM 2007, the international conference for industrial and applied mathematics. He is also known as a translator and an editor for the Japanese translation of the highly rated textbook in the field of chaotic dynamical systems
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Hiroshi Kimura (木村宏, Kimura Hiroshi) is a former chairman of Japan Tobacco, a Nikkei 225 company. In 1976, Kimura…
Hiroshi Kimura (木村宏, Kimura Hiroshi) is a former chairman of Japan Tobacco, a Nikkei 225 company. In 1976, Kimura started working for the Japan Tobacco & Salt Public Corporation (current name 'Japan Tobacco'). He became the president for this company on June 23, 2006. Mitsuomi Koizumi became the president of this company in June 2012, and became chairman.
Kazumi Matsui (松井 一實, Matsui Kazumi; born January 8, 1953) is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Hiroshima…
Kazumi Matsui (松井 一實, Matsui Kazumi; born January 8, 1953) is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Hiroshima, the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.
Takashi Yamaguchi (山口 隆, Takashi Yamaguchi; born February 20, 1953) is a Japanese architect, born in Kyoto. He…
Takashi Yamaguchi (山口 隆, Takashi Yamaguchi; born February 20, 1953) is a Japanese architect, born in Kyoto. He graduated from Kyoto University and worked for Tadao Ando and Associates. He founded his own architectural firm, Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates, in 1996. Yamaguchi served as a visiting professor at the Osaka University of Arts in 2005, and in 2009 served as visiting professor at Columbia University and visiting scholar at Harvard. He is a professor at Osaka Sangyo University and a member of the Japan Institute of Architects and the Architectural Institute of Japan. He is an elite member of the Supporters of Romania Research at the Academy of Romanian Scientists. He is also a Regional President of Asia Designer Communication Platform.
Haruzo Hida (肥田 晴三 Hida Haruzo, born 6 August 1952, Sakai, Osaka) is a Japanese mathematician, known for his research…
Haruzo Hida (肥田 晴三 Hida Haruzo, born 6 August 1952, Sakai, Osaka) is a Japanese mathematician, known for his research in number theory, algebraic geometry, and modular forms. Hida received from Kyoto University a B.A. in 1975, an M.A. in 1977, and a Ph.D. in 1980 with thesis On Abelian Varieties with Complex Multiplication as Factors of the Jacobians of Shimura Curves, although he left Kyoto University in 1977. He was from 1977 to 1984 an assistant professor and from 1984 to 1987 an associate professor at Hokkaidō University. Since 1987 he has been a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. From 1979 to 1981 he was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study. Hida was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (Berkeley) in 1986. In 1991 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship. Hida received in 1992 for his research on p-adic L-functions of algebraic groups and p-adic Hecke rings the Spring Prize of the Mathematical Society of Japan. In 2012 he was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. He received the 2019 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research for his highly original paper "Galois representations into GL2( Z {\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} } p[[X]]) attached to ordinary cusp forms," published in 1986 in Inventiones Mathematicae.
Masaaki Sugiyama (杉山正明, Sugiyama Masaaki) (1952-2019) was a Japanese historian and author. Sugiyama was born March 1…
Masaaki Sugiyama (杉山正明, Sugiyama Masaaki) (1952-2019) was a Japanese historian and author. Sugiyama was born March 1, 1952, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the Faculty of Letters of Kyoto University in 1974. In 1992, he became an associate professor at the Faculty of Letters at Kyoto University, and in 1995, a professor, and later a professor at the Graduate School of Letters. He received the Japan Academy Prize in 2007. Sugiyama died on December 24, 2019.
Juichi Yamagiwa (Japanese: 山極 寿一) (born on February 21, 1952) is a Japanese anthropologist and the former president of…
Juichi Yamagiwa (Japanese: 山極 寿一) (born on February 21, 1952) is a Japanese anthropologist and the former president of Kyoto University.
Yoh Iwasa (born 1952) is a Japanese Mathematical Biologist who is considered the leading mathematical biologist in…
Yoh Iwasa (born 1952) is a Japanese Mathematical Biologist who is considered the leading mathematical biologist in Japan. His work includes the evolution of costly mate preferences and the evolutionary dynamics of cancer. Notable papers include: "The evolution of costly mate preferences II. The 'handicap' principle" Evolution 1991 "Demographic theory for an open marine population with space-limited recruitment" with Joan Roughgarden Ecology 1985 "Dynamics of chronic myeloid leukaemia" Nature 2005 "Prey distribution as a factor determining the choice of optimal foraging strategy" The American Naturalist 1981 - JSTOR "Influence of nonlinear incidence rates upon the behavior of SIRS epidemiological models" with Simon Levin Journal of Mathematical Biology, 1986 He has mentored more than 20 Ph.D. students and 20 Postdoctoral researchers.
Mitsuo Sawamoto (澤本 光男 Sawamoto Mitsuo, December 12, 1954) is a Japanese chemist specializing in the field of polymer…
Mitsuo Sawamoto (澤本 光男 Sawamoto Mitsuo, December 12, 1954) is a Japanese chemist specializing in the field of polymer chemistry, Emeritus Professor at Kyoto University, professor at Chubu University. He is co-recipient of the Franklin Institute Award in Chemistry in 2017 with Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, for their independent discover of Atom-transfer radical-polymerization (ATRP).
Michio Jimbo (神保 道夫, Jimbō Michio; born November 28, 1951) is a Japanese mathematician working in mathematical physics.…
Michio Jimbo (神保 道夫, Jimbō Michio; born November 28, 1951) is a Japanese mathematician working in mathematical physics. He is known for his introduction of quantum groups (independently of Vladimir Drinfeld), his contributions to the theory of integrable systems and their correlation functions, and his work with Mikio Sato and Tetsuji Miwa on holonomic quantum fields and isomonodromic deformation theory.
Shojiro Nishio (西尾 章治郎, Nishio Shōjirō) is a Japanese information scientist and technology scholar and the 18th…
Shojiro Nishio (西尾 章治郎, Nishio Shōjirō) is a Japanese information scientist and technology scholar and the 18th president of Osaka University. Having co-authored or co-edited more than 55 books and more than 650 refereed journal or conference papers as well as serving on editorial boards of major information sciences journals, Nishio is considered one of the most prominent and influential researchers on database systems and networks. He became Osaka University's full professor in 1992. Thereafter he has held a number of key leadership positions of Osaka University such as the Founding Director of the Cybermedia Center, Dean of Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Executive Vice President prior to becoming the university's president in 2015. In addition, Nishio has served on numerous committees and governing bodies of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). In his capacity both as a leading computer scientist and president of Japan's leading research university, Nishio has facilitated the formulation of Japan's higher education and science policies and been instrumental in setting their overall directions. Nisho has become a member of the Science Council of Japan, the country's Academy of Science, since 2006 and acted as the Chair of Informatics from 2011 to 2014.
Susumu Kitagawa (北川 進, Kitagawa Susumu; born 4 July 1951) is a Japanese Nobel Prize-winning chemist specializing in…
Susumu Kitagawa (北川 進, Kitagawa Susumu; born 4 July 1951) is a Japanese Nobel Prize-winning chemist specializing in coordination chemistry, with a focus on organic–inorganic hybrid compounds and the chemical and physical properties of porous coordination polymers, particularly metal-organic frameworks. He is Distinguished Professor at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), which he co-founded. In 2025, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi.
Shuichi Nosé (能勢 修一, Nose Shūichi; June 17, 1951 – August 17, 2005) was a Japanese physicist. Nosé is best known for…
Shuichi Nosé (能勢 修一, Nose Shūichi; June 17, 1951 – August 17, 2005) was a Japanese physicist. Nosé is best known for his two 1984 papers in which he proposed a method to specify the temperature of molecular dynamics simulations. This method was later improved by William G. Hoover and is known as the Nosé–Hoover thermostat.
Shigefumi Mori (森 重文, Mori Shigefumi; born February 23, 1951) is a Japanese mathematician, known for his work in…
Shigefumi Mori (森 重文, Mori Shigefumi; born February 23, 1951) is a Japanese mathematician, known for his work in algebraic geometry, particularly in relation to the classification of three-folds. He won the Fields Medal in 1990.
Keiichi Hayashi (林 景一, Hayashi Keiichi; born 8 February 1951) is a Japanese diplomat. From 2011 to 2016, he served as…
Keiichi Hayashi (林 景一, Hayashi Keiichi; born 8 February 1951) is a Japanese diplomat. From 2011 to 2016, he served as the Japanese ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Shimon Sakaguchi (坂口 志文, Sakaguchi Shimon; born 19 January 1951) is a Japanese immunologist. He is a distinguished…
Shimon Sakaguchi (坂口 志文, Sakaguchi Shimon; born 19 January 1951) is a Japanese immunologist. He is a distinguished professor at Osaka University and a professor emeritus at Kyoto University. His work includes the discovery of regulatory T cells and describing their role in the immune system. In 2025, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell.
Tsutomu Hikida (Japanese: 疋田 努, born 1951) is a Japanese zoologist and herpetologist. He is an emeritus professor at…
Tsutomu Hikida (Japanese: 疋田 努, born 1951) is a Japanese zoologist and herpetologist. He is an emeritus professor at Kyoto University, known for his extensive research in herpetology, particularly the systematics, taxonomy, and biogeography of reptiles and amphibians. He has served as president of the Herpetological Society of Japan and as chairman of its Committee on Standard Japanese Names.
Hitoshi Asada (born December 29, 1950, in Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese politician who has served as a member…
Hitoshi Asada (born December 29, 1950, in Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan since 2016. He represents the Osaka at-large district and is a member of the Japan Innovation Party.
Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi (宮腰 光寛, Miyakoshi Mitsuhiro; born 21 December 1950) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal…
Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi (宮腰 光寛, Miyakoshi Mitsuhiro; born 21 December 1950) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs. A native of Kurobe, Toyama and dropout of Kyoto University, he was elected to the first of his four terms in the assembly of Toyama Prefecture in 1983 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1998. Miyakoshi likes Awamori, an alcoholic beverage in Okinawa, very much.
Tetsuro Matsuzawa (松沢 哲郎, Matsuzawa Tetsurō; born October 15, 1950) is a primatologist who was a past director of the…
Tetsuro Matsuzawa (松沢 哲郎, Matsuzawa Tetsurō; born October 15, 1950) is a primatologist who was a past director of the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University. He graduated from Kyoto University with a B.A. degree in 1974, a Psy.M. degree in 1976 and a Ph.D. degree in Science in 1989. Matsuzawa is known for his research on chimpanzee intelligence both in the laboratory and in the wild. His laboratory work consists of the "Ai project", which focuses on the language-like skills, number-concepts, and memory ability of a female chimpanzee named Ai. Started in 1978, it is one of the longest running laboratory research projects on chimpanzee intelligence. Matsuzawa has been a part of the project since the beginning. Matsuzawa has also studied tool use in the wild chimpanzees at Bossou, Guinea, West Africa since 1986. The bossou chimpanzee community consists of about 12 individuals and has been studied by Japanese researchers for three decades. Bossou chimps are well known to use a pair of stones as hammer and anvil to crack open oil-palm nuts. Long-term research on wild chimpanzee tool use revealed interesting topics like handedness of use of a hammer, critical period of learning nut-cracking at around 3 to 5 year old, "education by master-apprenticeship" and observational learning, possession of stones, deception, new tool use like algae-scooping, use of leaves for cushions, cultural variation in adjacent communities, etc. Matsuzawa's approach to research is to synthesize the field work and the laboratory work in order to understand the nature of chimpanzees, our evolutionary neighbors. Matsuzawa is well known for his research on chimpanzee memory, which suggests that chimpanzees outperform humans on some simple memory tasks. He has argued that this is evidence of a memorial capacity in young chimpanzees that is superior to that seen in adult humans. However, the accuracy of these findings has been disputed. A. Silberberg and D. Kearns have argued that the performance difference between human and chimpanzee trials can be explained by training effects on the tested chimpanzees. They did reach Ayumu's performance level after thousands of trials, as did humans in a subsequent study with training more closely matching that of the chimpanzees, but only for 5 numbers whereas Ayumu effortlessly does it for 9. In 2020, Kyoto University announced that Matsuzawa was involved in misappropriating the funding of Primate Research Institute.
Kayo Inaba is a professor at Kyoto University where she heads the Graduate School of Biostudies. She is also the…
Kayo Inaba is a professor at Kyoto University where she heads the Graduate School of Biostudies. She is also the Vice-President for Gender Equality and the Director of the Centre for Women Researchers. Inaho is known for her work on dendritic cells and she won the Asia pacific UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in 2014. She has shown the importance of dendritic cells to the immune system and how they can live outside of the body.
Yukiko Kada (嘉田 由紀子, Kada Yukiko; born May 18, 1950) is a Japanese politician and member of the National Diet of Japan…
Yukiko Kada (嘉田 由紀子, Kada Yukiko; born May 18, 1950) is a Japanese politician and member of the National Diet of Japan, serving as member of the House of Councillors from Shiga Prefecture since 2019. She was the governor of Shiga for two terms from 2006 to 2014.
Masafumi Matsui (松井 正文; born 1950) is a Japanese zoologist and herpetologist, and a professor emeritus at Kyoto…
Masafumi Matsui (松井 正文; born 1950) is a Japanese zoologist and herpetologist, and a professor emeritus at Kyoto University. He is a leading researcher in amphibian studies and a recipient of the Zoological Society of Japan Prize. He also served as president of the Herpetological Society of Japan.
Kiyokazu Washida (鷲田 清一, Washida Kiyokazu) is a Japanese philosopher, specializing in clinical philosophy and ethics.…
Kiyokazu Washida (鷲田 清一, Washida Kiyokazu) is a Japanese philosopher, specializing in clinical philosophy and ethics. He was born in Kyoto, Japan, and is currently a professor at Otani University. He was the 16th president of Osaka University and served on the screening committee of the Jirō Osaragi Prize, and the Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities.
Takashi Suzuki (鈴木隆史, Suzuki Takashi; born Tuesday, June 21st, 1949) is a Japanese public official. Suzuki graduated…
Takashi Suzuki (鈴木隆史, Suzuki Takashi; born Tuesday, June 21st, 1949) is a Japanese public official. Suzuki graduated from Kyoto University and joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1973. He was appointed General Manager of the Washington office of Japan National Oil Corporation in May 1988, Deputy Director-General of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy in July 2001, and Director of the Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau in July 2006. He was also Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office from July 2008, but has since stepped down.
Hiroshi Ogawa (小川 洋, Ogawa Hiroshi; 17 May 1949 – 2 November 2021) was a Japanese politician who became the governor of…
Hiroshi Ogawa (小川 洋, Ogawa Hiroshi; 17 May 1949 – 2 November 2021) was a Japanese politician who became the governor of Fukuoka Prefecture in 2011. In 2015, he was re-elected for a second term, and for a third term in 2019. In 2021 he resigned to receive cancer treatment and the vice governor Seitaro Hattori was elected to replace him.
Junzō Okudaira (Japanese: 奥平 純三, romanized: Okudaira Junzō; Japanese pronunciation: [o̞kɯ̟da̠iɾa̠ d͡ʑɨ̃nd͡zo̞ː]; born…
Junzō Okudaira (Japanese: 奥平 純三, romanized: Okudaira Junzō; Japanese pronunciation: [o̞kɯ̟da̠iɾa̠ d͡ʑɨ̃nd͡zo̞ː]; born February 2, 1949) is a Japanese former militant who was one of the three Japanese Red Army (JRA) members who attacked the French embassy in The Hague in 1974 and was the person who detonated a car bomb in front of a USO club in Naples in 1988. He was the younger brother of fellow JRA activist Tsuyoshi Okudaira.
Kōichirō Nishikawa (Japanese: 西川 公一郎, born 1949 - November 28, 2018) was a Japanese elementary particle physicist…
Kōichirō Nishikawa (Japanese: 西川 公一郎, born 1949 - November 28, 2018) was a Japanese elementary particle physicist, known for contributions to neutrino physics. He was professor emeritus of the KEK high-energy physics laboratory and Kyōto University. Nishikawa graduated from Kyōto University in 1971 and completed his doctorate at Northwestern in 1980 working with David Buchholz. After working at the University of Chicago, State University of New York, and Tōkyō University, he combined positions at KEK and Kyōto University, eventually becoming director of the Institute for Particle and Nuclear physics at the KEK laboratory and deputy director of the J-PARC proton accelerator facility. Nishikawa's most notable achievements were as founder and leader of the K2K and T2K experiments. K2K, which ran from 1999 until 2005, used the Super Kamiokande detector in Kamioka to measure a controlled beam of neutrinos emitted by the KEK proton synchrotron. The K2K team verified with greater accuracy the neutrino oscillations observed in atmospheric neutrinos by the Super Kamiokande experiment. The T2K experiment, which began in 2010 as a successor to K2K, used neutrino beams from the J-PARC proton accelerator with the Super Kamiokande detector to observe neutrino oscillations with specific start and end flavors, thereby measuring the parameters of this flavor-switching behavior. In 2016, Nishikawa and the K2K and T2K groups received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics together with other neutrino research collaborations. He was awarded the Nishina Memorial Prize in 2005, and the Bruno Pontecorvo Prize in 2016. He also received the 1998 Asahi Prize as part of the Super-Kamiokande experiment that discovered the mass of neutrinos.
Masanori Nishio (西尾 正範, Nishio Masanori; 3 January 1949 – 28 May 2022) was a Japanese politician. Nishio was born in…
Masanori Nishio (西尾 正範, Nishio Masanori; 3 January 1949 – 28 May 2022) was a Japanese politician. Nishio was born in Ōno, Hokkaidō, now part of the city of Hokuto. After graduating Kyoto University, he became a public servant in 1973. He was appointed deputy mayor of Hakodate by its then-mayor Hiroshi Inoue (politician) in July 2003, but resigned himself in December 2006 due to a rift with the mayor over the construction of a retirement home. He beat Inoue in the mayoral election held on 22 April 2007, and took office on 27 April.
Yōichirō Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 洋一郎, born 1952) is a Japanese experimental particle physicist, notable for his work on…
Yōichirō Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 洋一郎, born 1952) is a Japanese experimental particle physicist, notable for his work on neutrinos.
Jun'ichi Tsujii (辻井 潤一, Tsujii Jun'ichi; born 7 February 1949) is a Japanese computer scientist specializing in natural…
Jun'ichi Tsujii (辻井 潤一, Tsujii Jun'ichi; born 7 February 1949) is a Japanese computer scientist specializing in natural language processing and text mining, particularly in the field of biology and bioinformatics.
Toshinori Kondo (近藤 等則, Kondō Toshinori; 15 December 1948 – 17 October 2020) was a Japanese trumpeter known for working…
Toshinori Kondo (近藤 等則, Kondō Toshinori; 15 December 1948 – 17 October 2020) was a Japanese trumpeter known for working avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion.
Makoto Tonami (戸並 誠, Tonami Makoto; born September 18, 1948), also known as Mac Akasaka (マック 赤坂, Makku Akasaka), is a…
Makoto Tonami (戸並 誠, Tonami Makoto; born September 18, 1948), also known as Mac Akasaka (マック 赤坂, Makku Akasaka), is a Japanese businessman, retired politician and activist and former perennial candidate.
Kiyotaka Akasaka (赤阪 清隆, Akasaka Kiyotaka; born August 24, 1948 in Osaka, Japan) is the former United Nations…
Kiyotaka Akasaka (赤阪 清隆, Akasaka Kiyotaka; born August 24, 1948 in Osaka, Japan) is the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information. He was appointed to the position by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in February 2007. Akasaka also served as Coordinator for Multilingualism in the UN Secretariat. He completed his appointment at the UN in March 2012 and was succeeded by Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal of Austria. A career diplomat, Mr. Akasaka has served several multilateral organizations in different capacities. From 2003 to 2007, he was the Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where he was responsible for issues on development, environment, sustainable development and building and maintaining partnership with other international organizations. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Deputy Director-General in the Multilateral Cooperation Department of the Japanese Foreign Ministry. He acted as one of the top negotiators in the Kyoto Conference on Climate Change in December 1997. From 2000 to 2001, he served as the Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations. Previously, he worked at the Secretariat of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (1988–1991) and the World Health Organization (1993–1997). Akasaka joined the Japanese Foreign Ministry in April 1971, where he held several posts. He was Deputy Director of the Press Division and later the Ministry's Spokesman on climate change issues for many years. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in law from Kyoto University in 1971. In the following year, he pursued his studies at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained a Bachelor and a Master of Arts in economics. He co-authored the books The GATT and the Uruguay Round Negotiations and The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. He also published many articles on trade, the environment and sustainable development in Japanese journals and newspapers. Aside from his native Japanese, Akasaka is also fluent in both English and French.
Shin Takamatsu (born August 5, 1948 in Nima, Shimane) is a Japanese architect. After obtaining his PhD from the…
Shin Takamatsu (born August 5, 1948 in Nima, Shimane) is a Japanese architect. After obtaining his PhD from the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University in 1980, he held various academic positions: lecturer at Osaka University of Arts in 1981, associate professor at Kyoto Seika University in 1987, professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University in 1997 and professor emeritus at Kyoto University in 2013. Takamatsu's futuristic designs often incorporate anthropomorphic or mechanical imagery.
Takashi Shinohara (篠原 孝, Shinohara Takashi; born 17 July 1948) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the…
Takashi Shinohara (篠原 孝, Shinohara Takashi; born 17 July 1948) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Shingo Nishimura (西村眞悟, Nishimura Shingo; born 7 July 1948) is a former Japanese politician who was a member of the…
Shingo Nishimura (西村眞悟, Nishimura Shingo; born 7 July 1948) is a former Japanese politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2014. Nishimura is known for his negationism of Japanese war crimes committed during World War II.
Akira Yoshino (吉野 彰, Yoshino Akira; born 30 January 1948) is a Japanese chemist. He is a fellow of Asahi Kasei…
Akira Yoshino (吉野 彰, Yoshino Akira; born 30 January 1948) is a Japanese chemist. He is a fellow of Asahi Kasei Corporation and a professor at Meijo University in Nagoya. He created the first safe, production-viable lithium-ion battery, which became used widely in cellular phones and notebook computers. Yoshino was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 alongside M. Stanley Whittingham and John B. Goodenough.
Minoru Kanehisa (金久 實) (born January 23, 1948) is a Japanese bioinformatician. He is a project professor at Kyoto…
Minoru Kanehisa (金久 實) (born January 23, 1948) is a Japanese bioinformatician. He is a project professor at Kyoto University, technical director of Pathway Solutions Inc and president of NPO Bioinformatics Japan. He is one of Japan's most recognized and respected bioinformatics experts and is known for developing the KEGG bioinformatics database. In 2018 he was listed on a list of Clarivate Citation Laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "contributions to bioinformatics, specifically for his development of the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG)".
Takura Izumi (泉 拓良, Izumi Takura; born 1948) is a Japanese archaeologist and writer. He is a Professor of Archaeology…
Takura Izumi (泉 拓良, Izumi Takura; born 1948) is a Japanese archaeologist and writer. He is a Professor of Archaeology at Kyoto University and Professor Emeritus of Nara University. He specializes in the archeology of prehistoric times, and has authored books on the appearance of Jōmon pottery and the early history of Japan. He is a member of the Japanese Archaeological Association, Japan Society of Scientific Studies on Cultural Properties, West Asian Archaeology Society, Japanese Society for West Asian Archeology, Japan Orient Society, and The Society For Near Eastern Studies on Japan.
Minoru Kitamura (北村稔, Kitamura Minoru; born 1948) is a Japanese historian. He is a professor at Ritsumeikan University…
Minoru Kitamura (北村稔, Kitamura Minoru; born 1948) is a Japanese historian. He is a professor at Ritsumeikan University whose academic speciality is modern Chinese history.
Nobuaki Sato (佐藤 信秋, Satō Nobuaki; born November 8, 1947) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a…
Nobuaki Sato (佐藤 信秋, Satō Nobuaki; born November 8, 1947) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a former member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Niigata Prefecture, he attended Kyoto University and received a master's degree in engineering from it. After working at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007.
Kazuyoshi Shirahama (白浜 一良, Shirahama Kazuyoshi; born July 6, 1947) is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party…
Kazuyoshi Shirahama (白浜 一良, Shirahama Kazuyoshi; born July 6, 1947) is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yamatokōriyama, Nara and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001.
Masaki Kashiwara (Japanese: 柏原 正樹, Hepburn: Kashiwara Masaki; born January 30, 1947) is a Japanese mathematician and…
Masaki Kashiwara (Japanese: 柏原 正樹, Hepburn: Kashiwara Masaki; born January 30, 1947) is a Japanese mathematician and professor at the Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS). He is known for his contributions to algebraic analysis, microlocal analysis, D-module theory, Hodge theory, sheaf theory and representation theory. He was awarded the Abel Prize in 2025, and is the award's first recipient from Japan.
Toshiaki Enoki (Japanese: 榎 敏明; born December 4, 1946) is a Japanese physical chemist. After earning his Ph.D. from…
Toshiaki Enoki (Japanese: 榎 敏明; born December 4, 1946) is a Japanese physical chemist. After earning his Ph.D. from Kyoto University, he was appointed as a research associate at the Institute for Molecular Science in 1977. His early research focused on the electronic and magnetic properties of organic conductors and graphite intercalation compounds , with particular emphasis on hydrogen adsorption into graphitic galleries. In 1987, he joined the Tokyo Institute of Technology (now the Institute of Science Tokyo) as an associate professor and was promoted to full professor in 1991. During this period, his research interests shifted toward graphene - a single atomic layer of graphite and related carbon-based materials, particularly nanosized graphene, or nanographene. Enoki’s primary focus became the unique geometrical dependence of nanographene sheets in determining their electronic and magnetic properties. In 1996, M. Fujita theoretically predicted the existence of a localized nonbonding state - known as an edge state at the carbon atoms along the zigzag edges of a graphene sheet. Enoki later confirmed the presence of this edge state experimentally using scanning tunneling microscopy, He has contributed to understanding of the electronic, magnetic, and chemical properties of nanographene and related carbon-based materials. Academic career 1969: BS, Kyoto University 1974: PhD, Kyoto University 1977: Research Associate, Institute for Molecular Science 1984: Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1987: Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology 1991: Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology 2000, 2002 - 2004：Visiting Professor, Universite de Rennes I 2003-2004: Visiting Professor, Institute for Molecular Science 2010-2013: Honorary Professor, Durham University 2012 : Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology 2012-2022: Program Officer, Japan Science and Technology Agency 2016-2018: Visiting Fellow, Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute Honors and awards 2004: The Carbon Society of Japan Award 2005: Honorary Member (H145), Materials Research Society of India 2008: The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan 2009: The Award by the Japan Society for Molecular Science (1 st) 2011: The Chemical Society of Japan Award "Edge state of Nanographene and its Electronic and Magnetic Properties" 2013: Honorary Member, Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 2015: Prof. C. N. R. Rao Award Lecture, Chemical Research Society of India 2016: Mizushima-Raman Lecture, Chemical Research Society of India 2016: Rudolf Zahradník Honorary Lecture Award, Palacky University, the Czech Republic 2020: Honorary Member, the Japan Society for Molecular Science
Minoru Arakawa (荒川 實, Arakawa Minoru; born September 3, 1946) is a Japanese businessman best known as the founder and…
Minoru Arakawa (荒川 實, Arakawa Minoru; born September 3, 1946) is a Japanese businessman best known as the founder and former president of Nintendo of America, and the co-founder of Tetris Online, Inc.
Tamejiro Hiyama (born August 24, 1946) is a Japanese organic chemist. He is best known for his work in developing the…
Tamejiro Hiyama (born August 24, 1946) is a Japanese organic chemist. He is best known for his work in developing the Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction and the Hiyama coupling. He is currently a professor at the Chuo University Research and Development Initiative, and a Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University.
Frank Hsieh Chang-ting (Chinese: 謝長廷; pinyin: Xiè Chángtíng; born 18 May 1946) is a Taiwanese politician, diplomat, and…
Frank Hsieh Chang-ting (Chinese: 謝長廷; pinyin: Xiè Chángtíng; born 18 May 1946) is a Taiwanese politician, diplomat, and former defense attorney who has served as the chairman of the Taiwan–Japan Relations Association since 2026. He was the premier of the Republic of China in the administration of Chen Shui-bian from 2005 to 2006, the mayor of Kaohsiung from 1998 to 2005, and a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1990 to 1996. Born in Taipei, Hsieh earned law degrees from National Taiwan University and Kyoto University in 1970 and 1972, respectively. He practiced law as a defense attorney and rose to prominence as a member of the legal team defending the eight pro-democracy activists arrested in the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident. He was elected to the Taipei City Council in 1981, helped found the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 1986, and was elected a member of the Legislative Yuan in 1990. After serving two terms as mayor of Kaohsiung and a term as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party from 2000 to 2002, Hsieh was named the premier under Chen Shui-bian. At the end of Chen's presidency, he was named the DPP's candidate in the 2008 presidential election, but was defeated by Ma Ying-jeou. He has since held multiple ambassadorial and advisory positions under presidents Tsai Ing-wen and Lai Ching-te.
Kyoji Komachi (小町 恭士, Komachi Kyōji; February 25, 1946 – February 26, 2026) was a Japanese diplomat who served as…
Kyoji Komachi (小町 恭士, Komachi Kyōji; February 25, 1946 – February 26, 2026) was a Japanese diplomat who served as Ambassador to Thailand.