Major Awards
- 1976: Bertram Eugene Warren Diffraction Physics Award, (The American Crystallography Society)
- 1985: Nishina Memorial Award, (The Nishina Memorial Foundation)
- 1996: Asahi Prize, (The Asahi Shinbun Cultural Foundation)
- 2002: Agilent EuroPhysics Prize, (European Physical Society)
- 2002: James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials, (American Physical Society)
- 2002: Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, (The Franklin Institute)
- 2002: Japan Academy Award and Imperial Award, (The Japan Academy)
- 2003: Person of Cultural Merit
- 2007: Gregori Aminoff Prize in crystallography 2007, (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
- 2007: Fujihara Award, (The Fujihara Foundation of Science)
- 2007: Balzan Prize for Nanoscience, (The International Balzan Prize Foundation)
- 2008: The Kavli Prize Nanoscience 2008 (The Kavli Foundation)
- 2008: The Prince of Asturias Award for Technical Scientific Research 2008, (The Prince of Asturias Foundation)
- 2009: Order of Culture
- and others
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