The Asahi Prize is a prize awarded by the Japanese newspaper the Asahi shimbun for achievement in scholarship or the arts that has made a contribution to culture or society. It was established in 1929. Many recipients of this prize have later been honoured with a Nobel Prize. It is considered as one of the most prestigious prizes presented by a nongovernmental entity.

[edit] Recipients

• Sakata Shōichi, physicist, 1948
• Masuyama Motosaburō, statistician, 1948
• Iwasawa Kenkichi, mathematician, 1959
• Yozo Matsushima, mathematician, 1962
• Tomonaga Shinichirō, physicist
• Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, novelist
• Hirotsugu Akaike, statistician
• Akira Fujishima, chemist, 2003

[edit] External links

• Contribution to Society page at Asahi shibun site

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