*Affiliations and titles are as of the time of the award.
Date of Award: 2026/05/26
Awardee: Professor Tomoaki Ohtsuki, Project Assistant Professor Anders Kaloer
Award Name: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2026 Best Paper Award
Reason for Award: For the paper "Progressive Latent Refinement for Deadline-Aware Generative AI over Wireless Channels"
Awarding Body: IEEE Communications Society
Date of Award: 2026/05/06
Awardee: Professor Tomoaki Ohtsuki, et al.
Award Name: 2nd rank of Task 2 of SAND (Speech Analysis for Neurodegenerative Diseases challenge)
Reason for Award: For achieving excellent results in a competition held at the international conference "ICASSP 2026"
Awarding Body: IEEE Signal Processing Society
Date of Award: 2026/05/23
Awardee: Professor Yuta Sugiura, Faculty of Science and Technology (Associate Professor at the time the award was decided)
Award Name: 25th Funai Academic Award (FY2025)
Reason for Award: For research on technical foundations supporting the creation of real-world user interfaces
Awarding Body: Funai Foundation for Information Technology
Date of Award: 2026/05/14
Awardee: Associate Professor Shun Kawakubo, Faculty of Science and Technology, et al.
Award Name: 64th Society Award, Technical Award, Encouragement Award
Reason for Award: For the achievement "Environmental and Equipment Planning for OKI Honjo Factory Building H1"
Awarding Body: The Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan
Date of Award: 2026/04/24
Awardee: Associate Professor Takeshi Akioyoshi, Faculty of Pharmacy; Project Assistant Professor Kengo Yonezawa, School of Medicine; Senior Lecturer Shinichiro Nakajima, School of Medicine; Assistant Professor Ayuko Imaoka, Faculty of Pharmacy; Professor Hiroyuki Uchida, School of Medicine; Professor Hisakazu Ohtani, School of Medicine, et al.
Award Name: Oral Presentation Awards, Researcher Category, Outstanding Award
Reason for Award: For the oral presentation "Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for the determination of psilocin, the active metabolite of psilocybin from Psilocybe mushrooms, in human plasma"
Awarding Body: The 5th International Conference on Herbal and Traditional Medicine (HTM 2026)
Date of Decoration: 2026/04/29
Recipient: Professor Morihide Katayama, Faculty of Law
Decoration Name: 2026 Spring Medal with Purple Ribbon
Reason for Decoration: For artistic and cultural achievements as a music critic
Date of Award: 2026/04/23
Awardee: Professor Yasuhiro Kakinuma, Faculty of Science and Technology, et al.
Award Name: 2025 (Reiwa 7) JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper
Reason for Award: For the paper "Thermal modeling techniques designed for high-speed directed energy deposition coatings, JAMDSM, Vol. 19, No.1"
Awarding Body: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Date of Award: 2026/04/24
Awardee: Professor Daisuke Takahashi, Faculty of Science and Technology
Award Name: FY2026 Research Grant and Nagase Prize for the Promotion of Science (Organic Chemistry)
Reason for Award: For "Development of late-stage glycosylation reactions for macrolide antibiotics and creation of novel antibiotic leads"
Awarding Body: Nagase Science Technology Foundation
Date of Award: 2026/04/10
Awardee: Professor Toshihiro Okubo, Faculty of Economics
Award Name: FY2025 Outstanding Research Award
Reason for Award: For the research theme "Great Fires and the Rise of Fire Insurance in Early 20th Century Japan"
Awarding Body: Kampo Foundation
Date of Award: 2026/03/06
Awardee: Associate Professor Yuko Tokairin, Graduate School of Media and Governance, et al.
Award Name: FY2025 Japan Coaching Academy Society Award
Reason for Award: For the paper "Relationship between training environment and life skills in the developmental years of female athletes: A study of team ball game athletes"
Awarding Body: Japan Coaching Academy
Date of Award: 2026/04/02
Awardee: Senior Lecturer Kanoko Kamata, Faculty of Policy Management, et al.
Award Name: 2026 Outstanding Emerging Scholar Research Article Award
Reason for Award: For the significant academic and general contribution of the analysis of intersectionality in Japan
Awarding Body: Association for Asian American Studies, Social Science Caucus
Date of Award: 2026/03/17
Awardee: Professor Megumi Tago, Faculty of Pharmacy
Award Name: Fukuyama Club Award, Soroptimist Japan Foundation Female Researcher Award
Reason for Award: For research achievements evaluated by Soroptimist International of Fukuyama
Awarding Body: Soroptimist International of Fukuyama
Date of Award: 2026/03/11
Awardee: Associate Professor Tomohiro Manabe, Sports Medicine Research Center, et al.
Award Name: 28th Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Medicine and Science Award, Encouragement Award
Reason for Award: For collaborating with relevant organizations such as the Japan Association of Athletics Federations to establish medical relief systems based on the principles of marathon organizers' duty of care and crisis management, as well as participants' duty of self-healthcare, contributing to a drastic reduction in sudden cardiac deaths
Awarding Body: Japan Sport Association
Date of Award: 2026/03/26
Awardee: Associate Professor Yuta Sugiura, Faculty of Science and Technology; Visiting Assistant Professor Sora Amesaka, et al.
Award Name: 41st Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Award, Telecom Interdisciplinary Research Award, Encouragement Award
Reason for Award: For the paper "EarHover: Mid-Air Gesture Recognition for Hearables Using Sound Leakage Signals"
Awarding Body: Telecommunications Advancement Foundation
Date of Award: 2026/03/25
Awardee: Senior Lecturer Takahiro Sugimoto, Faculty of Science and Technology
Award Name: 20th Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan
Reason for Award: For theoretical research on excitation spectra of strongly correlated electron systems through optical response
Awarding Body: The Physical Society of Japan
Date of Award: 2026/03/18
Awardee: Professor Jiwang Yan, Faculty of Science and Technology, et al.
Award Name: 42nd Numata Memorial Paper Award (FY2025), Japan Society for Precision Engineering
Reason for Award: For the paper "Time delay compensation in high-speed diamond turning of freeform surface using independent fast tool servo with a long stroke"
Awarding Body: The Japan Society for Precision Engineering
Date of Award: 2026/03/18
Awardee: Shigeki Hiramatsu, Teacher, Keio Shonan Fujisawa Junior and Senior High School
Award Name: 43rd Chemical Education Award for Meritorious Service, Chemical Society of Japan
Reason for Award: For the development of chemistry experiment teaching materials and the practice of teacher training
Awarding Body: The Chemical Society of Japan
Date of Award: 2026/03/17
Awardee: Professor Atsushi Oide, Faculty of Law
Award Name: FY2025 (76th) Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize (Criticism Category)
Reason for Award: For the achievements of the book "Metaphysics of the Margin: Paul Claudel and Japanese Thought"
Awarding Body: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Date of Award: 2026/03/12
Awardee: Professor Emeritus Shin Ide, Faculty of Letters
Award Name: Japan Academy Prize
Reason for Award: For the book "Localizing Christopher Marlowe: His Life, Plays and Mythology, 1575-1593 (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2023)"
Awarding Body: The Japan Academy
Date of Award: 2026/02/28
Awardee: Professor Akinori Ono, Faculty of Business and Commerce, et al.
Award Name: Japan Marketing Academy Best Poster Pitch Award
Reason for Award: For the paper "Human Romantic Love for AI Avatars: An Empirical Analysis of the U-shaped Hypothesis"
Awarding Body: Japan Marketing Academy
Date of Award: 2026/02/12
Awardee: Professor Kazuharu Arakawa, Graduate School of Media and Governance
Award Name: FY2025 JNTO International Convention Award, International Convention Category (Small and Medium-sized Meetings)
Reason for Award: By cooperating with local businesses and implementing an attractive program utilizing regional resources, the number of participants was increased compared to when the event was held in Europe. In addition to site visits for the social implementation of advanced technology by a university with a local base, the Mt. Haguro English tour guided by local high school students was particularly praised for creating a forum for exchange between researchers and citizens and leading to the development of the next generation. Furthermore, the efforts to solve issues by preparing manuals and information for receiving foreigners were also highly evaluated.
Awarding Body: Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)
Date of Award: 2026/01/31
Awardee: Associate Professor Shun Kawakubo, Faculty of Science and Technology, et al.
Award Name: 2026 ASHRAE Technology Award, 1st Place Worldwide in Industrial Facilities or Processes - New, and Award of Engineering Excellence
Reason for Award: For defining Japan's first evaluation standard "ZEF (Net Zero Energy Factory)" including air conditioning, ventilation, and lighting for factory production areas, and constructing a new next-generation factory model that is carbon neutral and sustainable
Awarding Body: ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers)
Date of Award: 2026/01/16
Awardee: Project Associate Professor Satoru Morimoto, Tonomachi Town Campus
Award Name: 8th Japan Medical Research and Development Award, AMED President's Award
Reason for Award: For investigator-initiated clinical trials using therapeutic drug candidates for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) found through iPS cell drug discovery, and translational research toward the realization of personalized medicine
Awarding Body: Cabinet Office (Office of Healthcare Policy)
Date of Award: 2026/01/16
Awardee: Professor Keisuke Kataoka, School of Medicine, et al.
Award Name: 8th Japan Medical Research and Development Award, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Award
Reason for Award: For the development of a gene panel test for hematopoietic malignancies
Awarding Body: Cabinet Office (Office of Healthcare Policy)