Message on the Awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Alumnus Kenso Soai The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 has been awarded to Kenso Soai, professor emeritus at the Tokyo University of Science and an alumnus of the Faculty and Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo. On behalf of everyone at UTokyo, I offer my warmest congratulations to Professor Soai. This great honor is the culmination of Professor Soai’s many years of dedicated research, and I am delighted that his achievements have now received worldwide recognition through the Nobel Prize. Teruo Fujii President, The University of Tokyo