Chronology

• 1972 - graduated from Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
  Osaka University
  , or , is a major national university located in Osaka, Japan. It is the sixth oldest university in Japan as the Osaka Prefectural Medical College, and formerly one of the Imperial Universities of Japan...
  
  
• 1980 - assistant professor in the School of Medicine, Kumamoto University
  Kumamoto University
  is a university located in Kumamoto, Japan. It was established on May 31, 1949, at which time the following institutions were subsumed into it; Kumamoto Teachers College , Kumamoto Pharmaceutical College , The Fifth High School , Kumamoto Medical College , and Kumamoto Technical College ....
  
  
• 1984 - assistant professor at Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University
• 1989 - professor at the same university
• 2004 - Dean of Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
• 2008 - Dean of Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
• August 2011 - the 17th president of Osaka University

Honors and awards

• Erwin von Balz prize (Japan), 1986
• CIBA-GEIGY Rheumatism Prize (Japan), 1990
• Sandoz Prize for Immunology (now known as the Novartis Prizes for Immunology), 1992
• Osaka Science Prize (Japan), 1997
• Mochida Memorial Prize (Japan), 1998
• ISI Citation Laureate Award (Japan), 1981–98, 2000
• The Fujihara Prize, 2004 The Fujihara Foundation of Science
• Medical Award of The Japan Medical Association, 2005, The Japan Medical Association
• The Emperor's Purple Ribbon Medal, April, 2006
• The Crafoord Prize
  Crafoord Prize
  The Crafoord Prize is an annual science prize established in 1980 by Holger Crafoord, a Swedish industrialist, and his wife Anna-Greta Crafoord...
  
   in Polyarthritis
  Polyarthritis
  Polyarthritis is any type of arthritis which involves 5 or more joints simultaneously. It is usually associated with autoimmune conditions.Polyarthritis may be experienced at any age and is not gender specific.-Causes:...
  
   2009
• The Japan Prize
  Japan Prize
  is awarded to people from all parts of the world whose "original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind."- Explanation :...
  
   for the discovery of interleukin-6, 2011