You can find the new ISSMGE bulletin here: https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=www.issmge.org/filemanager/article/1057/ISSMGE_BULLETIN_2022_AUG_FINAL.pdf.pdf
In particular, note the news that on 14 March 2022, the Japan Academy decided to award the Japan Academy Prize to Professor Akira Murakami, TC103 chair and former president of the Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS). The Japan Academy Prize is considered the most prestigious academic
award in Japan.