Shigeaki Hinohara, honorary head of St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo who continued practicing as a doctor after turning 100 and was a well-respected cultural figure, died from respiratory failure on Tuesday, the hospital said. He was 105.During his more than half-century as a physician at one of Tokyo's leading hospitals, Hinohara pioneered comprehensive medical checkups, which have today become standard for many middle-aged Japanese, and advocated preventive medicine.Partially based on his experiences in the United States, Hinohara was also a proponent of patients-first medical c…READ FULL ARTICLE
