Three US Scientists awarded 2008 Japan Prize

The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan has announced that three US scientists have been named as laureates of the 2008 (24th) Japan Prize. Dr. Vinton Gray Cerf, 64, Google Inc., and Dr. Robert Elliot Kahn, 69, Corporation for National Research Initiatives, have received the prize in this year's category of "Information Communication Theory and Technology". Dr. Victor A. McKusick, 86, the Johns Hopkins University, has been selected in another prize category of "Medical Genomics and Genetics." They will receive certificates of merit, and commemorative medals. There is also a cash award of fifty million Japanese yen for each prize category. The presentation ceremony is scheduled to be held in Tokyo at the National Theatre on Wednesday 23rd April, 2008. The prize categories for the 2009 (25th) Japan Prize will be "The transformation towards a sustainable society in harmony with nature" and the "Technological integration of medical science and engineering". For further information, contact Masaaki Ueda, The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan, Phone: +81-3-5545-0551, Fax: +81-3-5545-0554, info@japanprize.jp, http://www.japanprize.jp/English.htm