Prof. Dr. Yamaguchi receive the Young Scientist’s Prize for the Commendation of Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan, on April 19, 2017. The award was given for his work on “Development of Next-generation cross-coupling and their applications”.

The Young Scientists’ Prize presented by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) was established aimed at contributing to improvements in domestic standards of science and technology by honoring the achievements of young scientists aged 40 or under who have made outstanding research achievements that show advanced research and development abilities accomplished from original perspectives.