The 57th Ichimura Science Prize will be awarded to Professor Yasuhiko Arakawa. The Ichimura Foundation for New Technology, the organizer of the Ichimura Prize, announced the award to Professor Arakawa for his \”advocacy of quantum dots, pioneering research on quantum dots, and social implementation of quantum dot semiconductor lasers. The award ceremony will be held on April 18 at the Imperial Hotel in Uchisaiwaicho, Tokyo, where the Ichimura Prize presentation ceremony will be held.