Kenichi Iga and Fumio Koyama receive the 2026 Japan Academy Prize

April 23, 2026

The Japan Academy will present the 116th Japan Academy Prize to Honorary Professor Kenichi Iga and Professor Emeritus and Specially Appointed Professor Fumio Koyama. Also, alumnus Toshikazu Sunada (Professor Emeritus of Meiji University who graduated from the School of Science of former Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1972) receives this Prize.
The Prize giving ceremony is scheduled to take place on July 13 at the Japan Academy.

Awarding Organization

The Japan Academy

Award Name

The 116th Japan Academy Prize

Award Date

March 12, 2026

Citation

"Realization, performance improvement, and application development of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers" (joint research)

Honorary Professor Kenichi Iga
Professor Emeritus and Specially Appointed Professor Fumio Koyama

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Contact

Fumio Koyama (Institute of Integrated Research)