National and International Awards
2009
Lifetime Achievement Award from American Society of In Vitro Biology.
2003
Awarded for outstanding contribution from Japanese Society of High Technology in Agriculture
2002
Purple Ribbon Award from Prime Minister of Japanese Government for the academic achievement of environmental studies in biology
2002
Friendship Award from Chinese Government for the achievement of outstanding contribution to Chinese horticultural industry
2000
Fellow, Japan Association of International Commission of Agricultural Engineering
1997
Japan Prize for Agricultural Science for the academic achievement “Growth Regulation and Mass-propagation of in vitro plantlets by Physical Environment Control” awarded by Japanese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and by Yomiuri Newspaper Co.”
1992
Prize for academic achievement in “Environmental Control in Photoautotrophic Plant Tissue Culture” awarded by Japanese Society of Environment Control in Biology
1991
Prize for academic achievement in “Fundamental Research on Environmental Control Methods for Factory-type Transplant Production” awarded by Japanese Society of High Technology in Agriculture
1982
Prize for academic achievement in “Solar Light Transmission in Greenhouses” awarded by the Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan