Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Committee on the International Prize for Biology

(As of August 2024)
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FUJIYOSHI Yoshinori (Chair) Distinguished Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
NAGATA Shigekazu (Vice Chair) Distinguished Professor, Osaka University
TOKURA Masakazu (Advisor)Japan Business Federation
TERASHIMA Ichiro (40th Selection Committee Chair) President, The Botanical Society of Japan/Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo/Professor,National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan) 
AGATA Kiyokazu Director General, National Institute for Basic Biology
ASASHIMA Makoto Director General and Research Professor, Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization, Teikyo University
CHIBA Kazuyoshi Professor, Ochanomizu University
ENDO Ryunosuke President, The Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association
FUKUDA Hiroo President, Akita Prefectural University
HAYASHI Kingo Chair, 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.
KITO Shunichi President, Petroleum Association of Japan
KONDO Shiro Chair, The Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association
MAWATARI Shunsuke Francis Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University
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
NAGASHIMA Hideki Chair, The Life Insurance Association of Japan
NAKAMURA Shiro President, Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association
NISHIDA Harufumi Professor Emeritus,Chuo University
NISHIZAWA Naoko President, 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
SEKIYA Takao Former Director, National Cancer Center Research Institute
SHINODA Kenichi Director General, The National Museum of Nature and Science
SUGINO Tsuyoshi President, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
TAKAMURA Noriko Executive Director, Lake Suwa Environment Research Center /Visiting Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies
TAKEDA Hiroyuki Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University/Professor, Department of Biology,Graduate School of Science,Osaka Metropolitan University
TERAKITA Akihisa (Secretary)President, The Zoological Society of Japan
TOBE Hiroshi Director, Kyoto Botanical Garden
WADA Masamitsu Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Metropolitan University
YASUNAGA Tatsuo Chair, Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc.