* Inoue Prize (2000)
* Chirality Medal (2005)
* Honorary member of the Italian National Academy of Sciences (2006)
* Science and Technology Prize from MEXT, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2007)
* Chemical Society of Japan Award (2010)
* Japanese Purple Ribbon Medal (2012)
* Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Pannonia, Hungary, 2015