text: *1988 Japan IBM Science Prize
  *1992 Chu-Nichi Culture Award
  *2002 Medals with Purple ribbon
  *2003 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  *2004 Yamada-Koga Prize
  *2006 Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry & BioMedicinal Chemistry
  *2007 Japan Academy Prize (academics)
  *2007 Humboldt Prize
  *2011 The Ryoji Noyori Prize
  *2012 Fujihara Award
  *2017 The Roger Adams Award (American Chemical Society)
  *2018 Person of Cultural Merit