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Hiraku NAKAJIMA receives the Asahi Prize

Hiraku NAKAJIMA at Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University receives the 2016 Asahi Prize for his research in geometric representation theory.

The Asahi Prize was established in 1929 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Asahi Shimbun's inception. The prize is awarded to individuals and groups that have made outstanding accomplishments in the fields of academics and arts and have greatly contributed to the development and progress of Japanese culture and society at large. The detail about the prize is online.

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