Distinguished Honorary Professor OGAWA Seiji and Professor Emeritus ABE Takeshi received the Japan Academy Prize

On March 12, 2025, the Japan Academy announced the awardees of the Japan Academy Prize. The Japan Academy Prize accords special recognition to researchers with exceptionally outstanding records of academic and scientific achievements.
From the University of Osaka, Distinguished Honorary Professor OGAWA Seiji and Professor Emeritus ABE Takeshi were awarded the prize.
Distinguished Honorary Professor OGAWA will additionally be honored with the Imperial Prize.

[Imperial Prize & Japan Academy Prize]
Distinguished Honorary Professor OGAWA Seiji
Research Theme: Discovery of the Basic Principles of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and its Application to Brain Science

*The title of “Distinguished Honorary Professor of the University of Osaka” is conferred to individuals recognized for their particularly significant contribution to the development of academic culture and society, as well as for their exceptionally outstanding contribution to the development of education and research at the university.

[Japan Academy Prize]
Professor Emeritus ABE Takeshi (Graduate School of Economics)
Research Theme: History of the Japanese Cotton Industry—from the Tokugawa Period to the Outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War

Related links:
About the Imperial Prize and the Japan Academy Prize
About the decision to award Distinguished Honorary Professor OGAWA Seiji (link in Japanese)
About the decision to award Professor Emeritus ABE Takeshi (link in Japanese)