1.5.1987
Prince Hitachi is installed as honorary patron of the Japan Art Association, succeeding Prince Takamatsu. Informal consent is given for the establishment of an international system to honor artists all over the world, according to the last wishes of Prince Takamatsu.

19.5.1988
The Board of Trustees decides to set up the Praemium Imperiale in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Japan Art Association.

15.9.1989
Luncheon and press conference announcing the first Praemium Imperiale at the Rockefeller Center, New York.

27.10.1989
The first Praemium Imperiale Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

21.6.1990
Announcement of the 2nd Praemium Imperiale at Claridge's Hotel, London. Banquet at Hampton Court.

23.10.1990
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

6.11.1991
Announcement of the 3rd Praemium Imperiale at the Hotel Intercontinental, Paris. Banquet at Hotel de Ville.

30.10.1991
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

11.6.1992
Announcement of the 4th Praemium Imperiale at Museo Capitolino, Rome. Courtesy visit to President Scalfaro. Banquet at the Villa Madama.

12.6.1992
Audience with Pope John Paul II.

29.10.1992
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

21.6.1993
Announcement of the 5th Praemium Imperiale at the Japan-German Center, Berlin. Reception given by President von Weizsacker at Schloss Bellevue. Concert at Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam.

28.10.1993
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

15.6.1994
Announcement of the 6th Praemium Imperiale at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Banquet for the Emperor and Empress of Japan at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

16.6.1994
Reception hosted by President and Mrs.Clinton at the White House.

28.10.1994
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

15.6.1995
Announcement of the 7th Praemium Imperiale at Banqueting House, London. Reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

16.6.1995
Reception given by Mrs. Norma Major at 10 Downing Street. Concert and Banquet at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

26.10.1995
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

3.7.1996
Luncheon given by President Jacques Chirac at Palais de I'Elysee, Paris.

4.7.1996
Announcement of the 8th Praemium Imperiale at the Louvre Museum. Banquet hosted by President Chirac at Palais de I'Elysee.

25.10.1996
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

8.7.1997
Welcome dinner hosted by Senate President Nicola Mancino at Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome.

9.7.1997
Announcement of the 9th Praemium Imperiale at La Galleria Sala Grande of the Palazzo Colonna. Reception hosted by President Scalfaro at the Palazzo del Quirinale.

22.10.1997
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.io

8.7.1998
Concert and welcome party hosted by Mayor Ude of Munich at the Gasteig Hall, Munich

9.7.1998
Announcement of the 10th Praemium Imperiale at Prinzregenten Theater. Reception given by President Herzog at Glyptothek Sculpture Gallery. Banquet hosted by Minister-President Stoiber of Bavaria at Residenz Palace.

28.10.1998
Praemium Imperiale celebrates its 10th anniversary. A commemorative reception is attended by the Emperor and Empress of Japan as well as Prince and Princess Hitachi. Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

7.6.1999
Reception for Prince and Princess Hitachi hosted by First Lady Hillary Clinton at the White House

9.6.1999
Announcement of the 11th Praemium Imperiale at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, with Prince and Princess Hitachi in attendance. Banquet hosted by David Rockefeller and David Rockefeller, Jr. at Kykuit, Rockefeller family home in Tarrytown, New York.

28.10.1999
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

11.7.2000
Announcement of the 12th Praemium Imperiale at the Tate Modern Museum in London. Welcome dinner at Leeds Castle, Kent.

12.7.2000
Reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth ?U at Buckingham Palace.

13.7.2000
Concert and Banquet at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

26.10.2000
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

13.9.2001
Announcement of the 13th Praemium Imperiale in Paris, Rome, Berlin, London, New York and Tokyo.

14.9.2001
Press conference and dinner party hosted by Reymond Barre at Hotel Meurice, instead of the banquet at Versailles, which was canceled owing to the terrorist attacks on September 11.

25.10.2001
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

17.9.2002
Announcement of the 14th Praemium Imperiale in Paris, Rome,Berlin,London, New York and Tokyo.

18.9.2002
Announcement Ceremony and Commemorative Banquet hosted by Raymond Barre at Chateau de Versailles near Paris.

19.9.2002
Welcome reception hosted by President Chirac at Palais de l'Elysee.

23.10.2002
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan,Tokyo.

2.7.2003
Press announcement of the 15th Praemium Imperiale in Rome, Berlin, London, New York, Paris and Tokyo.

3.7.2003
Announcement Ceremony hosted by Umbert Agnelli at Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome in the presence of Prince and Princess Hitachi.

4.7.2003
Welcome reception hosted by President Calro Azeglio Ciampi at Palazzo del Quirinale.

23.10.2003
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

7.6.2004
Press announcement of the 16th Praemium Imperiale in Berlin, London, Paris, Rome, New York and Tokyo.

8.6.2004
Announcement Press Conference presided by Richard von Weizsacker at Japanese Ambassador's Residence in Berlin.

8.6.2004
Announcement Ceremony and Dinner hosted by German Federal President Johannes Rau at Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

21.10.2004
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo.

17.10.2005
Press announcement of the 17th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.

17.10.2005
Announcement Ceremony hosted by Nakasone Yasuhiro at the Tokyo National Museum in the presence of Prince and Princess Hitachi, followed by a reception at Gallery of Horyuji Treasures.

18.10.2005
Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

19.10.2005
A special reception in the presence of the Emperor and Empress at Hotel Okura.

7.9.2006
Press announcement of the 18th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.

7.9.2006
Announcement Ceremony hosted by William Luers at the Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center, New York.

18.10.2006
Awards Ceremony and Commemorative Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

20.9.2007
Announcement Ceremony hosted by the French nomination committee at the Japanese Cultural Center in Paris in the presence of Prince and Princess Hitachi.

16.10.2007
Awards Ceremony and Commemorative Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.

16.9.2008
Press Announcement of the 20th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Rome, Berlin and Moscow. Announcement Ceremony hosted by the Lamberto Dini at the Sala Zuccari of the Italian Senate.

15.10.2008
A special reception in the presence of the Emperor and Empress and Prince and Princess Hitachi was held at the Hotel Okura to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Praemium Imperiale. Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo.