2024

JAQUA Award

• Hikaru Takahara
  Contributions to Quaternary forest ecology and vegetation history research through palynological approaches

JAQUA Academic Award

• Michinobu Kuwae
  Studies on reconstruction of Late Holocene environmental changes using coastal sediments in Beppu Bay and other coastal waters
• Toru Tamura
  Integrated analysis of coastal geomorphology and Quaternary stratigraphy with sedimentology, ground-penetrating radar, and optically stimulated dating

2023

JAQUA Award

• Masayuki Hyodo
  Diverse contributions to Quaternary science based on paleomagnetism

JAQUA Academic Award

• Minoru Ikehara
  Study of Quaternary marine environmental changes using organic geochemistry and stable isotopes
• Kazuaki Hori
  Quaternary geological study on alluvial and coastal plains during the Holocene, especially the evolution of deltaic landforms and depositional systems

2022

JAQUA Award

• Ken Ikehara
  Research on marine environmental changes and depositional processes and history of event sediments in the waters surrounding Japan using marine sediments

JAQUA Academic Award

• Toshihiko Sugai
  A series of studies on the development of mountainous areas, plains, and rivers in tectonically active and intensely denuded regions
• Yuki Sawai
  A series of studies on reconstructing paleoenvironments and subduction zone earthquakes using diatom assemblages

2021

JAQUA Award

• Hodaka Kawahata
  Comprehensive research on paleoceanography, paleoclimate, and paleoenvironment using marine sedimentary and coral cores

JAQUA Academic Award

• Takeshi Nakatsuka
  Investigation of past climate variations using tree-ring stable isotope ratios
• Makoto Okada
  A series of studies on paleomagnetic stratigraphy focused on marine Quaternary sequences in the Boso Peninsula
• Itoko Tamura
  Research on tephra correlation from the late Neogene to the middle Pleistocene in Central Japan

2020

JAQUA Academic Award

• Akitoshi Kitamura
  The processes of isolation of the Japanese main islands based on stratigraphic analysis of both molluscan and foraminiferal fossils, and the history of the Tokai earthquake

2019

JAQUA Academic Award

• Mitsuru Okuno
  Contribution to late Quaternary volcanic activity history and paleo-environmental/archaeological chronology based on radiocarbon dating
• Yoshitaka Nagahashi
  Study on petrological characteristics and regional correlation/chronology of tephra based on chemical analysis

2018

JAQUA Award

• Haruo Yamazaki
  Neotectonics research based on the kinetic history of active faults in and around southern Kanto Region
• Keiji Takemura
  Study on Quaternary tectonics and environmental change in Southwest Japan based on volcanic ash stratigraphy

JAQUA Academic Award

• Yuichi Mori
  Research on the reconstruction of paleoenvironments and human occupational activities based on insect fossils
• Sumiko Tsukamoto
  Research on high-precision dating methods using luminescence and electron spin resonance (ESR) techniques

2017

JAQUA Academic Award

• Kenji Kawamura
  Study of glacial-interglacial cycles through establishment of high-precision dating method based on ice-core gas analysis

2016

JAQUA Award

• Seiichiro Tsuji
  Research on vegetation history since the late Pleistocene and the history of human-nature relationships centered on pollen analysis

JAQUA Academic Award

• Masakazu Hayashi
  Study on Quaternary insect faunal changes in the Japanese Archipelago based on morphological, molecular phylogenetic, and ecological considerations
• Kiyohide Mizuno
  Research on Pliocene to Pleistocene stratigraphy, tephra, and paleogeography

2015

JAQUA Award

• Hiroko Koike
  A series of studies on prehistoric ecology using shell growth lines, stable isotopes, fatty acids, mtDNA, and other techniques
• Shuji Matsu’ura
  Chronological studies of hominin fossil sites in Java (Indonesia) and Japan

JAQUA Academic Award

• Osamu Fujiwara
  A series of studies on tsunami deposits in Holocene estuarine system
• Arata Momohara
  Study on vegetation history using plant macrofossils

2014

JAQUA Award

• Yugo Ono
  Study on climate changes and landform development during glacial-interglacial periods in East Asia, and practical researches on environmental conservation
• Yoshiki Saito
  A series of studies on the geology and late Quaternary paleoenvironments of the Japanese Archipelago and the continental shelves to coastal plains of Asia

JAQUA Academic Award

• Ayako Abe-Ouchi
  A series of studies on glacial-interglacial cycles and paleoclimate modeling
• Ken Ikehara
  A series of studies on marine environmental changes and depositional processes from the Last Glacial Maximum to Present in the oceans surrounding Japan
• Hikaru Takahara
  Contributions to the study of late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation history in East Asia based on pollen analysis

2013

JAQUA Award

• Shuji Iwata
  A series of studies on glacial landforms, sediments, and human activities in mountainous regions
• Masatomo Umitsu
  A series of studies on alluvial plains in relation to the late Quaternary environmental changes
• Ikuo Tohno
  A series of contributions to applied studies of Quaternary science in response to natural disasters

JAQUA Academic Award

• Sumiko Kubo
  Research on the evolution of riverine landforms and environments and its multifaceted applications
• Takeshi Nakagawa
  Contributions to the advancement of paleoclimatology and chronology of the late Pleistocene

2012

JAQUA Award

• Toshio Nakamura
  Significant contributions to the advancement and popularization of radiocarbon dating
• Yoshinari Kawamura
  Research on the spaciotemporal distribution of fossil vertebrates in East Asia and the Japanese Islands

JAQUA Academic Award

• Masayuki Hyodo
  Refinement of paleomagnetic stratigraphy and contributions to paleo-environmental and anthropological sciences
• Toshiro Naruse
  Systematic study of aeolian deposits and contributions to Quaternary paleoclimate research

2011

JAQUA Award

• Yo Natuse
  Remarkable contributions to the development of Quaternary science in Japan

JAQUA Academic Award

• Yasuo Maeda
  Holocene sea-level study using sedimentological and geomorphological methods
• Akira Sangawa
  Creation of a new interdisciplinary field through earthquake archaeology and outreach activities

2010

JAQUA Award

• Atsumasa Okada
  A series of studies on the activity history of active faults and long-term seismic evaluation using tectonic landforms
• Shusaku Yoshikawa
  A series of studies on volcanic ash stratigraphy and Holocene environmental geology
• Ryuji Tada
  A series of studies on the Quaternary East Asian monsoon using sediments from the Japan Sea

JAQUA Academic Award

• Takehiko Suzuki
  A series of tephrochronological studies for reconstructions of volcanic eruption history and paleogeography in central and northeastern regions of the Japanese Island

2009

JAQUA Award

• Akira Ono
  A series of comparative archaeological studies on human activity and the natural environment during the Palaeolithic
• Hiroshi Machida
  A series of tephrochronological studies in and around the Japanese Islands

JAQUA Academic Award

• Takashi Koaze
  Studies on glacial and periglacial landforms in mountainous and polar regions
• Yoshiki Saito
  A series of studies on sedimentary processes and environmental changes in the land-sea boundary zones

2008

JAQUA Award

• Tadamichi Oba
  A series of researches on the Quaternary paleoceanographic environments based on oxygen and carbon isotopic ratios of foraminifera fossils in marine sediment cores
• Yoshiaki Matsushima
  A series of studies on sea-level changes and paleoenvironmental variations in the Japanese Archipelago and surrounding seas based on bivalve assemblage analysis in the Holocene

JAQUA Academic Award

• Yaeko Igarashi
  A series of studies on the changes in paleo-vegetation and reconstruction of paleoclimate in Hokkaido and its surrounding regions
• Yusuke Yokoyama
  A series of studies on sea-level and total ice volume changes during the Last Glacial Maximum and the last deglaciation