Professor Oki was awarded the Japan’s Medal with Purple Ribbon at the 2024 Spring Medal of Honor!
Professor Taikan Oki was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon at the 2024 Spring Japan’s Medal of Honor.
The Medal with Purple Ribbon, one of Japan’s highest honors, is awarded to individuals who have contributed to academic and artistic developments, improvements and accomplishments.
For details, please see the page of the United Nation University.
Prof. Taikan Oki received the Stockholm Water Prize 2024!
On Friday, March 22, 2024, the Stockholm International Water Institute announced that it has selected Professor Taikan Oki as the 2024 winner of the Stockholm Water Prize, also known as the “Nobel Prize for Water”. This prize is the most prestigious water-related prize in the world, and is determined by the Stockholm International Water Institute in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which selects the Nobel Prize winners, and is awarded by King Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden. This is the third person to receive this prize in 23 years, following Mr. Takeshi Kubo (1994), who worked for the Ministry of Construction to popularize sewage systems in Japan, and Professor Emeritus Takashi Asano (2001) of the University of California, who is world-renowned for his water treatment research. For more information, please visit the University of Tokyo’s public relations page and the Stockholm International Water Institute’s YouTube video
New organization on April 1st, 2023
The River and Environmental Engineering Laboratory has become a new organization from April 1st, 2023, and the homepage has been renewed. (The old website is here)