Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 10 Kyodo - Japanese researchers Takehisa Kitazawa, Kunihiro Hattori and Tomoyuki Igawa of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for clinical medical research for their contributions to the development of a treatment for hemophilia. (Kyodo)

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese researcher Takehisa Kitazawa of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for clinical medical research. Kitazawa shared the award with fellow Chugai researchers Kunihiro Hattori and Tomoyuki Igawa for their contributions to the development of a treatment for hemophilia.

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese researcher Tomoyuki Igawa of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for clinical medical research. Kitazawa shared the award with fellow Chugai researchers Kunihiro Hattori and Takehisa Kitazawa for their contributions to the development of a treatment for hemophilia.

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese researcher Kunihiro Hattori of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for clinical medical research. Hattori shared the award with fellow Chugai researchers Takehisa Kitazawa and Tomoyuki Igawa for their contributions to the development of a treatment for hemophilia.

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

(From L) Japanese researchers Takehisa Kitazawa, Kunihiro Hattori and Tomoyuki Igawa of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for clinical medical research for their contributions to the development of a treatment for hemophilia.

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

(From L) Japanese researchers Takehisa Kitazawa, Kunihiro Hattori and Tomoyuki Igawa of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for clinical medical research for their contributions to the development of a treatment for hemophilia.

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

(From L) Japanese researchers Takehisa Kitazawa, Kunihiro Hattori and Tomoyuki Igawa of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for clinical medical research for their contributions to the development of a treatment for hemophilia.

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

(From L) Japanese researchers Takehisa Kitazawa, Kunihiro Hattori and Tomoyuki Igawa of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for clinical medical research for their contributions to the development of a treatment for hemophilia.

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

(From L) Japanese researchers Takehisa Kitazawa, Kunihiro Hattori and Tomoyuki Igawa of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for clinical medical research for their contributions to the development of a treatment for hemophilia.

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

(From L) Japanese researchers Takehisa Kitazawa, Kunihiro Hattori and Tomoyuki Igawa of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for clinical medical research for their contributions to the development of a treatment for hemophilia.

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori smiles during a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses.

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori speaks at a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses.

Japan's Yamanaka receives Lasker medical research award

Japan's Yamanaka receives Lasker medical research award

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka delivers a speech during an award ceremony for the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award in New York on Oct. 2, 2009. Yamanaka received the award for his success in developing induced pluripotent stem cells, which have the potential to grow into body tissue.

Japan's Yamanaka honored with Lasker medical research award

Japan's Yamanaka honored with Lasker medical research award

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University Professor Shinya Yamanaka smiles during a press conference in Kyoto on Sept. 14 after winning the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for discoveries concerning nuclear reprogramming.

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori smiles during a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses. (Kyodo)

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori speaks at a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses. (Kyodo)

Japan's Yamanaka receives Lasker medical research award

Japan's Yamanaka receives Lasker medical research award

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka delivers a speech during an award ceremony for the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award in New York on Oct. 2, 2009. Yamanaka received the award for his success in developing induced pluripotent stem cells, which have the potential to grow into body tissue. (Kyodo)

(CORRECTED)Japan's Yamanaka honored with Lasker medical research

(CORRECTED)Japan's Yamanaka honored with Lasker medical research

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University Professor Shinya Yamanaka smiles during a press conference in Kyoto on Sept. 14 after winning the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for discoveries concerning nuclear reprogramming. (Kyodo)