Mathematical Society of Japan

The Mathematical Society of Japan (MSJ, Japanese: 日本数学会) is a learned society for mathematics in Japan.

In 1877, the organization was established as the Tokyo Sugaku Kaisha and was the first academic society in Japan. It was re-organized and re-established in its present form in 1946.

The MSJ has roughly 5,000 members.^[1] They have the opportunity to participate in programs at MSJ meetings which take place in spring and autumn each year. They also have the opportunity to announce their own research at these meetings.

Prizes

Iyanaga Prize

The Iyanaga Prize was a mathematics award granted by the Mathematical Society of Japan.^[2] The prize was funded through an endowment given by Shokichi Iyanaga.^[3] Since 1988, it has been replaced by the Spring Prize.

1973 - Yasutaka Ihara
1974 - Reiko Sakamoto
1975 - Motoo Takahashi
1976 - Mitsuyoshi Katō [de]
1977 - Takahiro Kawai
1978 - Takuro Shintani
1979 - Goro Nishida
1980 - Katsuhiro Shiohama
1981 - Masaki Kashiwara
1982 - Shigeru Iitaka
1983 - Shigefumi Mori
1984 - Yukio Matsumoto
1985 - Toshio Oshima
1986 - Shinichi Kotani
1987 - Toshikazu Sunada

Geometry Prize

The Geometry Prize is a mathematics award granted by the Mathematical Society of Japan to recognise significant or long-time research work in the field of geometry, including differential geometry, topology, and algebraic geometry. It was established in 1987.^[4]

1987 - Akio Kawauchi and Shoshichi Kobayashi
1988 - Hirotaka Fujimoto
1989 - Kenji Fukaya and Yoshio Muto
1990 - Akito Futaki
1991 - Masaru Takeuchi and Takashi Tsuboi
1992 - Akira Fujiki and Norihito Koiso
1993 - Tomoyoshi Yoshida
1994 - Ryoichi Kobayashi and Tadashi Nagano
1995 - Masaaki Umehara and Kotaro Yamada
1996 - Hideki Omori
1997 - Shigetoshi Bando and Hiraku Nakajima
1998 - Masahiko Kanai and Tomotada Ohtsuki
1999 - Kaoru Ono and Takao Yamaguchi
2000 - Sadayoshi Kojima and Takeo Ohsawa
2001 - Reiko Miyaoka
2002 - Kazuyoshi Kiyohara and Hajime Tsuji
2003 - Kengo Hirachi and Shigenori Matsumoto
2004 - Seiichi Kamada and Shin Nayatani
2005 - Koji Fujiwara and Ryushi Goto
2006 - Toshiki Mabuchi and Takashi Shioya
2007 - Shigeyuki Morita and Ken-Ichi Yoshikawa
2008 - Kazuo Habiro
2009 - Ko Honda and Yoshikata Kida
2010 - Kazuo Akutagawa and Nobuhiro Honda
2011 - Shin-ichi Ohta and Kyoji Saito
2012 - Ken'ichi Ohshika and Yukinobu Toda
2013 - Toshitake Kohno and Katsutoshi Yamanoi
2014 - Masatake Kuranishi
2015 - Hiroshi Iritani and Osamu Saeki
2016 - Teruhiko Soma and Shigeharu Takayama
2017 - Osamu Kobayashi and Makoto Sakuma
2018 Yuji Odaka and Shouhei Honda
2019 Kei Irie and Masaki Tsukamoto
2020 Mikiya Masuda
2021 Nariya Kawazumi and Yusuke Kuno;
and Jun Murakami
2022 Hiroshi Iriyeh and Masataka Shibata;
and Tatsuki Kuwagaki

Takebe Prize

In the context of its 50th anniversary celebrations, the Mathematical Society of Japan established the Takebe Prize for the encouragement of those who show promise as mathematicians. The award is named after Edo period mathematician Takebe Katahiro (建部賢弘, 1664-1739) (also known as Takebe Kenkō).^[5]

Spring Prize

1988 Kazuya Kato
1989 Yoichi Miayoka
1990 Hiroshi Matano
1991 Morihiko Saito
1992 Haruzo Hida
1993 Shigeo Kusuoka
1994 Kenji Fukaya
1995 Mitsuhiro Shishikura
1996 Shūji Saitō
1997 Hitoshi Arai
1998 Toru Ozawa
1999 Toshiyuki Kobayashi
2000 Hiraku Nakajima
2001 Takeshi Saito
2002 Yasuyuki Kawahigashi
2003 Tomotada Ohtsuki
2004 Takashi Kumagai
2005 Takeshi Tsuji
2006 Takurō Mochizuki
2007 Kenji Nakanishi
2008 Hideo Takaoka
2009 Narutaka Ozawa
2010 Osamu Iyama
2011 Atsushi Shiho
2012 Shin-ichi Ohta
2013 Masayuki Asaoka
2014 Yukinobu Toda
2015 Kenichi Kawarabayashi
2016 Hiroshi Iritani
2017 Tomoyuki Abe
2018 Yoshikata Kida
2019 Yasunori Maekawa
2020 Yuji Odaka
2021 Masaki Tsukamoto
2022 Neal Bez

Autumn Prize

1987 Tetsuji Miwa, Michio Jimbo
1988 Yujiro Kawamata, Shigefumi Mori
1989 Shinzō Watanabe
1990 Tesuji Shioda
1991 Akihiro Tsuchiya
1992 Shoichiro Sakai
1993 Hitoshi Ishii
1994 Kunio Murasugi
1995 Hitoshi Ishii
1996 Shigeru Mukai
1997 Kahuhiko Aomoto
1998 Hiroaki Nakamura, Akio Tamagawa, Shinichi Mochizuki
1999 Mikio Furuta
2000 Yoshikazu Giga
2001 Gen Nakamura
2002 Yasumasa Nishiura
2003 Susumu Ariki
2004 Toshiyasu Arai
2005 Kaoru Ono
2006 Hiroshi Isozaki
2007 Tadahisa Funaki
2008 Masanao Ozawa
2009 Kenji Yajima
2010 Masaki Izumi
2011 Akito Futaki
2012 Mitsuhiro Nakao
2013 Masato Tsujii
2014 Hideo Kozono
2015 Koji Fujiwara
2016 Shigeyuki Morita
2017 Tomoyuki Arakawa
2018 Hirofumi Osada
2019 Takayoshi Ogawa
2020 Masaaki Umehara, Kotarō Yamada
2021 Martin Guest
2022 Yoshiko Ogata

English Publications from MSJ

MSJ publishes the following journals in English.

Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan (JMSJ)^[6]
Japanese Journal of Mathematics (JJM)^[7]^[8]
Publications of the Mathematical Society of Japan^[9]
Advanced Studies in Pure Mathematics^[10]
MSJ Memoirs^[11]^[12]

Notes

^ Kamada, Seiichi (2020). "Greetings from the President". Mathematical Society of Japan. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
^ "List of Spring and Autumn Prizes Winners". Mathematical Society of Japan. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. (February 2018), "Mathematical Society of Japan", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
^ "MSJ Geometry Prize". Mathematical Society of Japan. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^ "The MSJ Takebe Katahiro Prize". Mathematical Society of Japan. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^ Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan, Publication Information, Project Euclid.
^ Japanese Journal of Mathematics.
^ Japanese Journal of Mathematics, Springer.
^ Publications of the Mathematical Society of Japan, Princeton University Press.
^ Advanced Studies in Pure Mathematics, World Scientific.
^ MSJ Memoirs, Project Euclid.
^ MSJ Memoirs, Mathematical Society of Japan.