日本天皇亲授文化勋章：诺贝尔化学奖得主硤合宪三等8人获章、宫本茂为游戏领域首位
东京——11 月 3 日日本文化日，文化勋章亲授式在皇居宫殿「松之间」举行，天皇向出席的 7 名获章者亲手颁授文化勋章。今年共有 8 人获授文化勋章，其中游戏创作者宫本茂是该勋章设立以来游戏领域的第一位获章者，他当天缺席仪式。
今年的获章者是：有机合成化学家硤合宪三（76 岁，东京理科大学荣誉教授，今年诺贝尔化学奖得主）、作曲家都仓俊一（78 岁）、建筑家伊东丰雄（85 岁）、照明设计师石井幹子（88 岁）、生物科学家黑岩常祥（84 岁）、法国文学学者盐川彻也（81 岁）、免疫学家长田重一（77 岁），以及媒体艺术（游戏）领域的宫本茂（73 岁）。
硤合宪三发现了让两种互为镜像的有机化合物中只有一方不断增殖的「不对称自催化反应」，该反应以他的名字命名。他在仪式后表示，获得国家荣誉让他重新振作，将带着这份荣誉认真迎接 12 月在瑞典举行的诺贝尔奖颁奖典礼。
都仓俊一曾任日本文化厅长官，是 Pink Lady 名曲《辣椒警部》等作品的作曲者；宫本茂是任天堂代表董事研究员、《超级马里奥兄弟》等系列的创作者。天皇在仪式上对获章者多年努力、为文化提升作出贡献表示欣慰，并希望他们今后继续为各自领域的发展尽力。
Japan's Emperor Presents the Order of Culture to Eight Recipients, Including Nobel Laureate Kenso Soai and, a First for Games, Shigeru Miyamoto
Tokyo — On Culture Day, November 3, the presentation ceremony for the Order of Culture was held in the Matsu-no-Ma hall of the Imperial Palace, where the Emperor personally presented the order to seven recipients in attendance. Eight people were selected for the order this year, among them game creator Shigeru Miyamoto — the first person from the field of games ever to receive it — who was absent from the ceremony.
This year's recipients are organic synthetic chemist Kenso Soai (76, honorary professor at the Tokyo University of Science and a laureate of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry), composer Shunichi Tokura (78), architect Toyo Ito (85), lighting designer Motoko Ishii (88), biological scientist Tsuneo Kuroiwa (84), French literature scholar Tetsuya Shiokawa (81), immunologist Shigekazu Nagata (77), and Shigeru Miyamoto (73), honored in media arts for games.
Soai discovered the asymmetric autocatalytic reaction — a reaction in which only one of two mirror-image organic compounds multiplies — which bears his name. Speaking after the ceremony, he said the national honor had renewed his resolve to carry it with him to the Nobel Prize ceremony in Sweden in December.
Tokura, a former commissioner of Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, composed hits including Pink Lady's 'Pepper Keibu,' while Miyamoto, a Nintendo Representative Director and Fellow, created the Super Mario Bros. series. The Emperor told the recipients he was pleased by their years of work and their contributions to the advancement of culture, and expressed his hope that they would continue to serve the development of their fields.
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