1992 Professor, Nagoya University
1997 Dean, Graduate School of Sciense, Nagoya University
2000 Winner of the Order of Culture
2001 Winner of the Wolf Prize
2001 Winner of the Novel Prize in Chemistry
2002 Founding Director, Institute for Advanced Reserch, Nagoya University
2003 President of RIKEN
2004 Appointed University Professor, Nagoya University

1973 Professor, Chicago University
1974 Professor, University of California
1986 Winner of the National Medal of Science, U.S.A
1986 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1994 President, Academia Sinica
2003 Honorary Doctorate, Nagoya University
2008 President-Elect, ICSU