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Article: Categories Selected for the 2009 (25th) Japan Prize.

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November 30, 2007
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TOKYO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan announced today the two categories for the 2009 (25th) Japan Prize, and defined their concept as follows: 

 
  Field I: Environment/Infrastructure 
  "The transformation towards a sustainable society in harmony with nature"

The limits of the global environment have brought us to a point in time when a reassessment is needed of modern technological society rooted in a social foundation of large-scale consumption of energy and resources. As we turn towards a sustainable society in harmony with nature that satisfies basic human needs, confers safety and security, fosters ...

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