| Shigeaki Hinohara | |
 Hinohara (aged 101) in July 2013 | |
| Birth: | 4 October 1911 Yoshiki, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Death: | 18 July 2017 Tokyo, Japan |
| Age: | 105 years, 287 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Centenarian | |
Shigeaki Hinohara [Japanese: 日野原重明] (4 October 1911 – 18 July 2017) was a Japanese centenarian and physician.
Biography[]
Shigeaki Hinohara was born in Yoshiki, Yamaguchi, Japan on 4 October 1911. He graduated from the school of medicine at Kyoto Imperial University in 1937.
In 1941, Hinohara began his long working association with St. Luke's International Hospital in central Tokyo and worked as a medical doctor throughout the wartime firebombing of the city. From 1990 he served as the hospital's honorary director. He was also Sophia University's Grief Care Institute director emeritus. He was honorary chairman of the Foundation Sasakawa Memorial Health Cooperation. Hinohara is credited with establishing and popularizing Japan's practice of annual medical checkups.
During his career, Hinohara was known for working during many medical emergencies, such as the firebombing of Tokyo during World War II and the Tokyo subway sarin attack. He was also on Japan Airlines Flight 351 when it was hijacked by the Japanese Red Army Faction.
Hinohara became an honorary member of the Japanese Cardiovascular Society and received the Second Prize and the Order of Culture. He was honored by Kyoto Imperial University, Thomas Jefferson University and by McMaster University by receiving an honorary doctorate.
Shigeaki Hinohara died on 18 July 2017 in Tokyo, Japan at the age of 105 years, 287 days.
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- A Week in Asia: Today, Japan; Tomorrow, Singapore - The Hospital Leader - The Official Blog of the Society of Hospital Medicine thehospitalleader.org, 11 November 2009
- １００歳超えて現役医師 日野原さん「習慣病」も提唱 Digital News Japan, 18 July 2017
- Shigeaki Hinohara, St. Luke's doctor whose foresight saved lives after Tokyo sarin attack, dies at 105 the Japan Times, 18 July 2017
- Shigeaki Hinohara, Japan's centenarian doctor, dies at 105 Kyodo News, 18 July 2017
- Shigeaki Hinohara: Remarkable life of Japan's centenarian doctor BBC, 18 July 2017
- Japan doctor who practiced until months before his death dies at 105 Reuters, 18 July 2017
- Yoroku: Dr. Hinohara's lifelong mission was to treat patients Mainichi Daily News, 19 July 2017
- 「每天都仿如活生生的俳句」 日本長壽醫生揮別元氣人生 Mirror Media, 21 July 2017
- 100歳の日野原重明医師が遺した〈人生と運命〉の教え 致知出版社, 15 February 2023
- 日本國寶級醫生日野原重明：我這樣活到105歲 VALUE 101