In September 2016, he renewed his own Guinness World Record, recognized in 2004 and 2011, for the most patents credited as inventor (11,353 patents). In October 2018, he received W. David Kingery Award by The American Ceramic Society. He is a Life Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), a WAC (World Academy of Ceramics) academician, and an ECS (Electrochemical Society) fellow. He received an Honorary Doctor Degree of Culture from Doshisha University. He is also a member of Doshisha Shayu, a title given to the distinguished contributors to the Doshisha.