The Japanese Cabinet made the announcement on April 29 that Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sauerwein, the invited professor at the Neutron Therapy Research Center (NTRC) of Okayama University, the former professor at University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, had won the award of “The Order of Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” (旭日中綬章) in recognition of his great contributions in research and education in both countries of Japan and Germany as an expert in radiotherapy in the field of cancer research. He is especially exerting every effort on the research and dissemination of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). Since 2018 he has been working with researchers at NTRC as the invited professor. We sincerely express our heartfelt congratulations to him for this great achievement, and wish him all the best in the future.

○HP of Consulate-General of Japan in Düsseldorf
“The Japanese Cabinet officially adopted a decision on 21 April this year, Prof. Dr. Sauerwein for his great merits as an expert in radiotherapy in the field of cancer research with The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (旭日中綬章) of the Japanese Imperial House.”