Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Committee on the International Prize for Biology

(As of September 2025)
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FUJIYOSHI Yoshinori (Chair) Distinguished University Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
NAGATA Shigekazu (Vice Chair) Distinguished Professor,The University of Osaka
TSUTSUI Yoshinobu (Chairman) Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
TERASHIMA Ichiro (41st Selection Committee Chair) Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo/Professor,National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan) 
ASASHIMA Makoto Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo/Director General and Research Professor, Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization, Teikyo University
CHIBA Kazuyoshi Professor, Ochanomizu University
Fukuda Hiroo President, Akita Prefectural University
HAYAKAWA Hiroshi President, The Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association
HAYASHI Kingo Chairman, The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan
HAYASHI Yoshihiro Advisor, the National Museum of Nature and Science
INABA Kazuo Professor, University of Tsukuba
INABA Nobuo President, Japan Broadcasting Corporation
KATAYAMA Masanori Chair, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.
KITAJIMA Kaoru President, the Ecological Society of Japan/Professor, Kyoto University
KITO Shunichi President, Petroleum Association of Japan
MIMURA Tetsuro Professor, Faculty of Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyoto University of Advanced Science
MIYAMOTO Yoichi President, Japan Federation of Construction Contractors
NAGAHAMA Yoshitaka (Secretary)Professor Emeritus,National Institute for Basic Biology/Professor Emeritus,The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
NAKAMURA Shiro President,The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association
NAKANISHI M.Tomoko Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo /Professor Emeritus, Hoshi University
NISHIDA Harufumi Professor Emeritus,Chuo University
NISHIZAWA Naoko Senior Adviser, Ishikawa Prefectural University
OKA Yoshitaka Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
OKADA Kiyotaka Professor Emeritus ,Kyoto University/Professor Emeritus,National Institute for Basic Biology/Professor Emeritus,The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
SEHARA Atsuko Professor emeritus, Kyoto University
SEKIYA Takao Former Director, National Cancer Center Research Institute
SHIGA Sakiko President, The Zoological Society of Japan/Professor,The University of Osaka/President, The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
SHINODA Kenichi Director General, National Museum of Nature and Science
SUGINO Tsuyoshi President, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
TAKADA Yukinori Chair, The Life Insurance Association of Japan
TAKAMURA Noriko Executive Director, Lake Suwa Environment Research Center
TAKEDA Hiroyuki Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo/Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University
TERAKITA Akihisa (Secretary)Professor and Vice President, Osaka Metropolitan University
TOBE Hiroshi Director, Kyoto Botanical Garden
URUMA Kei Chair, The Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association
YASUNAGA Tatsuo Chairman, Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc.
WADA Masamitsu Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Metropolitan University