The 112th award ceremony of The Japan Academy was held on June 27, 2022, in the presence of the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Dr. Haruo Kasai, IRCN Principal Investigator, received the Imperial Prize and the Japan Academy Prize.
After the ceremony, Dr. Kasai explained his research and its results to the Emperor and Empress and answered their questions.

Subject
Discovery of Principles of Structural Plasticity in Brain Spine Synapses

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The 112th award ceremony of the Imperial Prize and the Japan Academy Prize (Japan Academy Website) Japanese only
https://www.japan-acad.go.jp/japanese/news/2022/063001.html
Prof. Haruo Kasai received the Imperial Prize and the Japan Academy Prize (IRCN Website)
https://ircn.jp/en/news/20220317-haruokasai
Kasai Laboratory 
https://www.bm2.m.u-tokyo.ac.jp/HomeE