Prof. Taniguchi received the 15th Nakatani Foundation Incentive Award.

Prof. Taniguchi was awarded the 5th Teruo Hiruma Optical Science Award.

Prof. Taniguchi was awarded the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Prof. Taniguchi was awarded the 9th Kyoto SMI Nakatsuji Award.

Prof. Taniguchi was awarded the 18th JSPS Prize.

Dr. Hidaka was awarded the 38th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists.

Prof. Taniguchi was awarded the 39th Osaka Science Prize.

Dr. Kim was awarded the 41st encouragement award by the Japanese society for photomedicine and photobiology.