On April 6, 2020, the Japan Academy awarded Senior Fellow Ryo Kambayashi the Japan Academy Prize for his work detailing “Standard Workers, Non-standard Workers: Central Issues in Labor Economics in Japan Today.” The Japan Academy, operated under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, accords special recognition to researchers with “the most eminent records of academic and scientific achievement.”

“Recipients of the Imperial Prize, the Japan Academy Prizes and the Duke of Edinburgh Prize elected” (Japan Academy website)
https://www.japan-acad.go.jp/en/news/2020/040601.html

Profile of Ryo Kambayashi
https://www.tkfd.or.jp/en/experts/detail.php?id=26