CSDE External Affiliate Daiki Hiramori (Hosei University) received the Award for Science and Technology (Research Category) as part of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan for FY2026. This award recognizes Hiramori’s contributions to the demography of sexual orientation and gender identity and is awarded jointly with Dr. Saori Kamano of Waseda University. The President of Hosei University’s Research Notes commended Hiramori’s work for affirming the relevance of sexuality in the field of demography and enabling the systematic examination of findings accumulated in small-scale ethnographic studies as well as in large-scale surveys that may be affected by self-selection bias. Congratulations, Dr. Hiramori!