When a symposium, "Tropolone and Allied Compounds" was organised by the Chemical Society of London in November 1950, Nozoe's work on hinokitiol was mentioned as a pioneering contribution to tropolone chemistry, thereby helping Nozoe's research gain recognition in the West.[37] Nozoe was able to publish his work on hinokitiol and its derivatives in Nature in 1951 thanks to J.W. Cook, the chairman of the symposium. Nozoe's work, which began with research on natural products in Taiwan and became developed fully in Japan in the 1950s and the 60s, introduced a new field of organic chemistry, i.e., the chemistry of non-benzenoid aromatic compounds.[38] His work was well received in Japan and thus, Nozoe received the Order of Culture, the highest honour for contributing researchers and artists in 1958, at the age of 56.[39]