This year's Abel Prize for mathematicians with distinguished achievements will be given to Masaki Kashiwara, making him the first Japanese to win the award. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/kashiwara-abel-prize/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #norway #awards #mathematics #abelprize #masakikashiwara
Masaki Kashiwara wins Abel Prize for mathematicians

Kashiwara 'has proven astonishing theorems with methods no one had imagined,' the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters said.

The Japan Times