What is Shigeaki Hinohara?
[[File:Shigeaki Hinohara (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hinohara in July 2013]] '''Shigeaki Hinohara''' ('''日野原 重明''') ('''Shigeaki Hibara'''; October 4, 1911 &ndash; July 18, 2017) was a [[Japan]]ese physician. He was known for working at [[St. Luke's International Hospital]] where he served as 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 was born in [[Yoshiki District, Yamaguchi|Yoshiki District]], [[Yamaguchi Prefecture]]. 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. Hinohara died of [[congestive heart failure]] on July 18, 2017 in [[Tokyo]] at the age of 105.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/18/national/shigeaki-hinohara-japans-centenarian-doctor-st-lukes-dies-105/ |title=Shigeaki Hinohara, St. Luke’s doctor whose foresight saved lives after Tokyo sarin attack, dies at 105 |access-date=2017-07-18 |archive-date=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719180132/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/18/national/shigeaki-hinohara-japans-centenarian-doctor-st-lukes-dies-105/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} * [http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/information/about/ambassador/taishi_19.html About Shigeaki Hinohara] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707025317/http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/information/about/ambassador/taishi_19.html |date=2015-07-07 }} [[United States Ambassador to Japan]] * [http://www.1101.com/webshinsho/01/hinohara/index.html Biography: Shigeaki Hinohara] {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinohara, Shigeaki}} [[Category:1911 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from congestive heart failure]] {{bio-stub}} [[Cate