1.5

Prince Hitachi is installed as honorary patron of the Japan Art Association, succeeding Prince Takamatsu.
Informal consent is given for the establishment of an international system to honor artists all over the world, according to the last wishes of Prince Takamatsu.

19.5

The Board of Trustees decides to set up the Praemium Imperiale in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Japan Art Association.

15.9

Luncheon and press conference announcing the first Praemium Imperiale at the Rockefeller Center, New York.

27.10

The first Praemium Imperiale Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

21.6

Announcement of the 2nd Praemium Imperiale at Claridge's Hotel, London.
Banquet at Hampton Court.

23.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

6.11

Announcement of the 3rd Praemium Imperiale at the Hôtel Intercontinental, Paris.
Banquet at Hôtel de Ville.

30.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

11.6

Announcement of the 4th Praemium Imperiale at Museo Capitolino, Rome.
Courtesy visit to President Scalfaro.
Banquet at the Villa Madama.

12.6

Audience with Pope John Paul II.

29.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

21.6

Announcement of the 5th Praemium Imperiale at the Japan-German Center, Berlin.
Reception given by President Richard von Weizsäcker at Schloss Bellevue.
Concert at Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam.

28.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

15.6

Announcement of the 6th Praemium Imperiale at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Banquet for the Emperor and Empress of Japan at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

16.6

Reception hosted by President and Mrs. Clinton at the White House.

28.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

15.6

Announcement of the 7th Praemium Imperiale at Banqueting House, London.
Reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

16.6

Reception given by Mrs. Norma Major at 10 Downing Street.
Concert and Banquet at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

26.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

3.7

Luncheon given by President Jacques Chirac at Palais de I'Elysée, Paris.

4.7

Announcement of the 8th Praemium Imperiale at the Louvre Museum.
Banquet hosted by President Chirac at Palais de I'Elysée.

25.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

8.7

Welcome dinner hosted by Senate President Nicola Mancino at Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome.

9.7

Announcement of the 9th Praemium Imperiale at La Galleria Sala Grande of the Palazzo Colonna.
Reception hosted by President Scalfaro at the Palazzo del Quirinale.

22.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

8.7

Concert and welcome party hosted by Mayor Ude of Munich at the Gasteig Hall, Munich

9.7

Announcement of the 10th Praemium Imperiale at Prinzregenten Theater.
Reception given by President Herzog at Glyptothek Sculpture Gallery.
Banquet hosted by Minister-President Stoiber of Bavaria at Residenz Palace.

28.10

Praemium Imperiale celebrates its 10th anniversary. A Commemorative reception is attended by the Emperor and Empress of Japan as well as Prince and Princess Hitachi

29.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

7.6

Reception for Prince and Princess Hitachi hosted by First Lady Hillary Clinton at the White House.

9.6

Announcement of the 11th Praemium Imperiale at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, with Prince and Princess Hitachi in attendance.
Banquet hosted by Mr. David Rockefeller and Mr. David Rockefeller, Jr. at Kykuit, Rockefeller family home in Tarrytown, New York.

28.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

11.7

Announcement of the 12th Praemium Imperiale at the Tate Modern Museum in London.
Welcome dinner at Leeds Castle, Kent.

12.7

Reception hosted by Queen ElizabethⅡ at Buckingham Palace.

13.7

Concert and Banquet at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

26.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

13.9

Announcement of the 13th Praemium Imperiale in Paris, Rome, Berlin, London, New York and Tokyo.

14.9

Press conference and dinner party hosted by Mr. Raymond Barre at Hôtel Meurice, instead of the banquet at Versailles, which was canceled owing to the terrorist attacks In the U.S. on September 11.

25.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

17.9

Announcement of the 14th Praemium Imperiale in Paris, Rome, Berlin, London, New York and Tokyo.

18.9

Announcement Ceremony and Commemorative Banquet hosted by Mr. Raymond Barre at Château de Versailles near Paris.

19.9

Welcome reception hosted by President Chirac at Palais de l'Elysée.

23.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

2.7

Press announcement of the 15th Praemium Imperiale in Rome, Berlin, London, New York, Paris and Tokyo.

3.7

Announcement Ceremony hosted by Mr. Umberto Agnelli at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome in the presence of Prince and Princess Hitachi.

4.7

Welcome reception hosted by President Calro Azeglio Ciampi at Palazzo del Quirinale.

23.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

7.6

Press announcement of the 16th Praemium Imperiale in Berlin, London, Paris, Rome, New York and Tokyo.

8.6

Awards Press Conference presided by Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker at Japanese Ambassador's Residence in Berlin.
Announcement Ceremony and Dinner hosted by German Federal President Johannes Rau at Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

21.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo.

17.10

Press announcement of the 17th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.

17.10

Announcement Ceremony hosted by Mr. Yasuhiro Nakasone at the Tokyo National Museum in the presence of Prince and Princess Hitachi, followed by a reception at Gallery of Horyuji Treasures.

18.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

19.10

A special reception in the presence of the Emperor and Empress at Hotel Okura.

7.9

Press announcement of the 18th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Announcement Ceremony hosted by Mr. William Luers at the Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center, New York.

18.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

20.9

Press announcement of the 19th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Announcement Ceremony hosted by the French nomination committee at the Japanese Institute of Culture in Paris in the presence of Prince and princess Hitachi.

16.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

16.9

Press Announcement of the 20th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome, Berlin and Moscow.
Announcement Ceremony hosted by the Mr. Lamberto Dini at the Sala Zuccari of the Italian Senate.

15.10

A special reception in the presence of the Emperor and Empress and Prince and Princess Hitachi was held at the Hotel Okura to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Praemium Imperiale.

24.9

Press Announcement of the 21st Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Announcement Press Conference presided over by Dr. Otto Graf Lambsdorff at Japanese Ambassador's Residence, Berlin in the presence of Prince and Princess Hitachi

25.9

Luncheon for Prince and Princess Hitachi hosted by German Federal President Horst Köhler at Schloss Bellevue.

22.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo

14.9

Press Announcement of the 22nd Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.

13.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

11.7

Press Announcement of the 23rd Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Awards Announcement Press Conference presided over by Lord Patten at Claridge’s Hotel in London, in the presence of Prince and Princess Hitachi.
Reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ at Buckingham Place.

12.7

Banquet hosted by Lord Patten and Mr. Hieda at the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery in the British Museum, in the presence of Prince and Princess Hitachi.

19.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

12.9

Press Announcement of the 24th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.

12.9

Awards Press Conference presided over by Mr. William Luers at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

23.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

14.9

Audience with Pope Francis.

17.9

Press Announcement of the 25th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.

17.9

Awards Press Conference presided over by Mr. Lamberto Dini at the Japanese Institute of Culture in Rome.

16.10

A special reception in the presence of the Emperor and Empress and Prince and Princess Hitachi was held at the Hotel Okura to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Praemium Imperiale.
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

16.7

Press Announcement of the 26th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.

16.7

Awards Announcement Press Conference presided over by Mr. Jean-Pierre Raffarin in the Quai Branly Museum, Paris, in the presence of Prince and Princess Hitachi.

16.7

Banquet hosted by Mr. Raffarin and Mr. Hieda in the Boffrand Saloon of the Luxemburg Palace, in the presence of Prince and Princess Hitachi.

15.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

10.9

Press Announcement of the 27th Praemium Imperiale in Berlin, Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, and Rome.
Awards Announcement Press Conference presided over by Prof. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann at Bertelsmann’s Representative Premises in Berlin.

21.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

13.9

Press Announcement of the 28th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Awards Announcement Press Conference presided over by Mr. Yasuhiro Nakasone at Japan Press Center in Tokyo.

18.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

12.9

Press Announcement of the 29th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Awards Announcement Press Conference presided over by Mr. William Luers at The Juilliard School in New York.

18.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

11.7

Press Announcement of the 30th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Awards Announcement Press Conference presided over by Lord Patten of Barnes at The Royal Academy of Arts in London.

23.10

A special reception in the presence of the Emperor and Empress and Prince and Princess Hitachi was held at the Hotel Okura to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Praemium Imperiale.
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

17.9

Press Announcement of the 31st Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Awards Announcement Press Conference presided over by Mr. Jean-Pierre Raffarin at Institut de France in Paris.

16.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

17.6

A news release that the announcement of the laureates and the Awards Ceremony are postponed due to the pandemic of COVID-19.

9.14

Press Announcement of the 32nd Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin. Awards Press Conference presided over by Mr. Lamberto Dini at the Italian Ministry of Culture in Rome.

10.18–12.14

Presentation ceremonies of commemorative medals in Paris for Sebastião Salgado, New York for James Turrell, Tokyo for Yo-Yo Ma and Canberra for Glenn Murcutt.

15.9

Press Announcement of the 33rd Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Awards Announcement Press Conference presided over by Prof. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann at the Residence of Japanese Ambassador to Germany in Berlin.

19.10

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

9.12

Press announcement of the 34th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, Washington DC, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Celebratory ceremony for the three U.S. laureates and presentation of the Grant for Young Artists presided over by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden at the White House in Washington, DC.

10.18

Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.