It is with great sadness that the Inamori Foundation announces the passing of its founder, Kazuo Inamori. He passed away at home in Kyoto, Japan, on August 24, 2022, due to natural causes.
Mr. Issey Miyake passed away on August 5, 2022, aged 84.
Mr. Peter Stephen Paul Brook, a stage director who has exerted an extraordinary, worldwide influence over theater and drama, passed away on July 2, 2022 at the age of 97.
A musicologist Dr. Richard Taruskin passed away on July 1, 2022 at the age of 77.
The Inamori Foundation opened the applications for the 2023 Inamori Research Grants on July 1, 2022. The application is open until August 31, 2022, 17:00 (JST).
The 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureates Announced!
We interviewed Dr. Hayashi, who is studying the child mind using lies as a lead, to give us a detailed account on this topic of great interest.
The Inamori Foundation is pleased to announce the 2022 Kyoto Prize laureates at around 15:00 on June 17 (JST.) This year the press conference is going to be live streamed on the YouTube Kyoto Prize channel. Please join us online!
On April 23, InaRIS Fellowship Award Ceremony was held at a hotel in Kyoto for the first time since the establishment of the Fellowship in 2019.
The 2022 Kyoto Prize at Oxford will take place both online and in-person on May 10 and 11, 2022.
The 2022 Kyoto Prize Symposium will be held in-person and virtually on March 30 and 31, 2022.