Japan Academy

As a result of his work on kanamycin, Hamao Umezawa was presented with many prizes the Asahi Prize (from the Asahi Shinbun, 1959), Prize from the Minister of the Ministry of Science in Japan (1959), Commandeur de rOrdre de la Sante Publique (from France, 1960), and the Japan Academy Prize (1962). The Order of Culture (Bunka-Kunsho), the most honorable prize for scholars in Japan, was conferred by the Emperor of Japan in 1962, when Hamao was forty-eight years old the Umezawas two sons, Kazuo (now vice-director of the Institute of Microbial Chemistry) and Yoji (now chief researcher) were then sixteen and twelve years old, respectively. 

Yamada, S., Nishikawa, H., Yoshida, E. Proc. Japan Academy-70, 211 (1964). 

S. Kobayashi, Proc. Japan Academy Series B Physical and Biological Sciences, 2007, 83, 215. 

SAN-ICHIRO MIZUSHIMA, Japan Academy, Tokyo, Japan... 

His contribution to the development of chemistry, especially his leadership as the President of Chemical Society of Japan, which was established in 1878, and as the President of Japan Academy (established in 1879) should be noted. 

He found the method for the determination of the composition of unstable coordination compounds formed in solution in 1921 [1], which was later proposed by P. Job [2] and is known as the continuous variation method or Job s method. Shibata s discovery of the method was much prior than that of Job, but it was not well recognized by chemists around the world, because his report was written in Japanese. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Science of Nagoya University, and then, the President of the Tokyo Metropolitan University. He was appointed to be the President of Japan Academy. 

President of Chemical Society of Japan. Creator of physical chemistry of Japan. President of Japan Academy/the first president of JSPS, Baron Creation of industry of phosphatic manure. Discoverer of Takadiastase. Development of whisky in USA. Discoverer of Adrenaline... 

Founder of coordination chemistry of Japan. The president of Japan Academy... 

Mori, K. and Takeuchi, Y. (1994). Synthesis of (2ft,4ft)-supcl I apyrone, the sex pheromone of the brownbanded cockroach. Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, Physical and Biological Sciences 70 143-145. 

C. N. R. Rao is Linus Pauling Research Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and honorary professor at the Indian Institute of Science. He was at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and has been a visiting professor at University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a member of many science academies including the Indian National Science Academy, the Royal Society, London, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy, French Academy, Pontifical Academy and Japan Academy. He was President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and is now President of the Third World Academy of Sciences. 

Suda S, Uyama H, Kobayashi S (1999) Proceed Japan Academy Ser B Physical Biol Sci 75 201... 

Prof. Rao is a member of all the major science academies in the world including the Royal Society, London, the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., the Russian Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, Japan Academy as well as the Polish, Czechoslovakian, Serbian, Slovenian, Brazil, Spanish, Korean and African Academies and the American Philosophical Society. He is a Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of Academia Europaea and Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is on the editorial boards of several leading professional journals. 

Noguchi, K., and Nakagawa, R., 1969, Arsenic and arsenic-lead sulfide sediments from Tamagawa Hot Springs, Akita Prefecture Proceedings ofthe Japan Academy, v. 45, p. 45-50. 

Takai, K., Nozaki, H. Nucleophilic addition of organochromium reagents to carbonyl compounds. Proceedings of the Japan Academy,... 

Ise, N. When does like like like microscopic inhomogeneity in homogeneous ionic systems. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B-Physical and Biological Sciences, 2002, 78, No. 6, p. 129-137. 

Toyo Gosei Co., Ltd. He was awarded the Japan Academy Prize (1981), the Silver Medal of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (1996), the American Chemical Society s Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products (1999), the Special Prize of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2003), and the Frantisek Sorm Memorial Medal of the Academy of the Czech Republic (2003). 

Nihon Gakushin is the Japan Academy, formerly known as the Imperial Academy of Japan, inaugurated in 1887. It is now an honorary organization affording membership to those who have made outstanding contributions to science. The Japan Academy is comprised of two sections Cultural Sciences and Natural Sciences (If). The Proceedings of the Japan Academy are published in English by the Japan Academy in Tokyo. 

Sumio Umezawa s achievements have been recognized by many awards, including the Gijuku Prize (Keio University) in 1949 for Chemical Studies onPenicillin and the Fukuzawa Prize (Keio University) in 1963 for Studies on Antimicrobial Substances and Related Compoimds. He also received the Chemical Society of Japan Award for Studies on Antimicrobial Substances and Related Compounds in 1964 and tire Japan Academy Prize for Studies on tire Synthesis of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics in 1980. Sumio was deeply moved when he received the Fujihara Prize in 1982 for Total Synthesis of Streptomycin, since this award... 

Zhou Z., Okumura, Y. and Sunamoto J. (1996). NMR study of choline methyl group of phospholipids. Proceedings ofthe Japan Academy, 72B, 23-7. 

Sugiura, M. Shoyama, Y. Saito, H. Nishiyama, N. Proceedings of the Japan academy series B-Physical and biological sciences, 1995, 77, 319-324. 

C. N. R. Rao obtained his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University and D.Sc. de ee from the Universi of Mysore. He is Linus Pauiing Research Professor at the JNCASR and Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He is a member of several academies including the Royal Srxriety (London), U.S. National Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, and Japan Academy. His main research interests are in solid state and materials chemistry and nanomaterials. The most recent award received by him is the Hughes medal for physical sciences from the Royal Society. 

Figure 8 TEM images of the a3 peptide, (a) Fibrils form in phosphate buffer containing 0.1 M KCl at pH 6 (b) With 1 M KCl larger fibers are observed (scale bars = 100 nm). (Reproduced with permission from Ref. 47. The Japan Academy, 1997.)...

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