Awards and Honors:
Encouraging Award of Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (1993).
Takeda Chemical Industry Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (1999).
R. B. Woodward Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, USA (2001). The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work (2004).
ChemComm 40th Aniversary Award Lecturer, Switzerland (2005).
Nagoya Medal Prize (Silver Medal) (2007). The Commendation for Science and Technology by MEXT, Japan (2010).
Fellow of AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (2014).
Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award, Japan (2017).
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (American Chemical Society National Award) (2018). Novartis Chemistry Lectureship (2018-2019).
The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award (2021).