a205  1033  24 Jun 88
AM-BRF--Japan-Prize,0152
Two Americans, West German Receive Kyoto Prize
    TOKYO (AP) - Two Americans and a West German each will receive the
Kyoto Prize for pioneering research in a ceremony scheduled for
November, Japan's Kyodo News Service said Friday.
    Kyocera Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori set up the Kyoto Prize,
administered under his Inamori Foundation, four years ago to honor
research in the fields of basic science, frontier science and
philosophy.
    Stanford University Professor John McCarthy was selected in the
field of frontier science for his work on artificial intelligence.
    Noam Avram Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology took
the basic science award for his work in linquistics.
    West German scholar Paul Thieme was chosen for his research on
Indian philosophy, the report said.
    Each of the prize recipients will receive $350,000 in the Nov. 10
ceremony in Kyoto, 230 miles southwest of Tokyo, Kyodo said.
    
 
AP-NY-06-24-88 1330EDT
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