Masaki Kashiwara received the honor, often regarded as the Nobel Prize in mathematics, for work that combined different mathematical fields to solve challenging problems. Masaki Kashiwara received the honor, often regarded as the Nobel Prize in mathematics, for work that combined different mathematical fields to solve challenging problems. Kashiwara, Masaki, Abel Prize, Mathematics, Japan, Awards, Decorations and Honors, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, your-feed-science NYT > Science