Leonard BLUSSÉ／ Academic Prize 2019

Now that the COVID-19 scare has spread all over Asia, the FUKUOKA Prize is more relevant than ever bec…

WANG Ming／ Academic Prize 2017

　 Hello, I am Wang Ming, Academic Prize laureate of the Fukuoka Prize 2017. What impressed me deep…

Tessa MORRIS-SUZUKI／ Academic Prize 2013

Looking back to the 2013 Fukuoka Prize Awards Ceremony. I remember how nervous I felt about taking par…

MORI Kazuko／ Academic Prize 2010

This Prize has previously been awarded to individuals with academic abilities of which Japan is extrem…

Partha CHATTERJEE／ Academic Prize 2009

I take this opportunity to convey my sincere appreciation of the efforts over the last thirty years of…

Savitri GOONESEKERE／ Academic Prize 2008

I was privileged to be a winner of this prize for academic research in 2008.The research award has bee…

HAMASHITA Takeshi／ Academic Prize 2006

The Fukuoka/Kyushu region connects Asia and the Pacific Ocean from east to west, and north to south. A…

Anthony REID／ Academic Prize 2002

On 25 March 2002 I arrived back to my then home in Los Angeles in the morning, very tired after a long…

Romila THAPAR／ Academic Prize 1997

The Fukuoka Prize came to me as a surprise as I had no prior information that my name was being consid…