Dr Ryuzo Yanagimachi, the 2023 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology, passed away on 28 September at the age of 95.

The Blavatnik School of Government would like to express our most sincere condolences.

The Kyoto Prize Commemorative Lectures in Kyoto in November will take place with some changes to the program. The details will be announced on the Kyoto Prize website. The 2024 Kyoto Prize at Oxford will take place on 7–8 May 2024.

Nalini Malani is an international artist specialising in a broad range of visual genres including video, projection, painting and drawing installations. Her work is influenced by her experiences as a refugee of the Partition of India. She places inherited iconographies and cherished cultural stereotypes under pressure. Her point of view is unwaveringly urban and internationalist, and unsparing in its condemnation of a cynical nationalism that exploits the beliefs of the masses.

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Ryuzo Yanagimachi, D.Sc., Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaiʻi, made revolutionary contributions to both obstetric medicine and mammalian embryology through his research and development of assisted reproductive technologies. In particular, Professor Yanagimachi’s work has led to practical methods of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) at a time of declining birthrates in many nations — offering new possibilities to couples who would otherwise be unable to have children.