A former doctor and writer Junnobu Ono, who lives in Hirosaki, died of rectal cancer on the morning of June 28. Year 103.

Ono was born in 1912 (Taisho era) in Tanagura Town, Fukushima Prefecture. After graduating from Hokkaido University School of Medicine, he embarked on the Chinese mainland as a military doctor, ending the war at the age of 32. After the end of the war, he returned to Japan and worked at the local Tanagura Public Health Center, but was expelled from his military career and moved to his wife's hometown of Aomori. Opened a clinic in the former Tanabe-cho, Shimokita-gun, Aomori Prefecture, which was not a doctor.

Mr. Ono was appointed as the director of Hirosaki Health Center in 1954, when the designation of expulsion from public office was lifted in 1952. Although I worked for the purpose of realizing the ideal that "the doctor's favorite is preventive medicine", I doubted my daily work such as monitoring and permitting food and environmental hygiene, and after two years I changed to a working doctor. In 1960 (Showa 35), opened Ono Clinic (Naushi Ushi).

He has been active as a medical doctor until he is 93 years old, and has received awards such as the Hirosaki City Silver Swastika Award and the Japan Medical Association Distinguished Service Award. In his later years, he concentrated on his hobby of collecting 8 mm film and model trains, and actively interacted with international students at Hirosaki University to convey school health activities. It was also introduced in the Asahi Shimbun "Tensei Manto" published on December 15, 1999.

Professor Shigeyuki Nakaji, Dean of the Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, mourns the death of Ms. Ono, saying "Tsugaru Schweitzer". “I share my activities in terms of preventive medicine. Currently, I am keenly aware of the need for school health, but Dr. Ono was a valuable person in Japan who focused on school health early on.”

My eldest son, Seiaki, said, “My father was truly a romanticist. He was a person who would transfuse his blood to patients and not receive medical treatment or medical examination fees in the post-war Japan when he was still poor. He was very interested and even after he was over 100 years old, he collected information on his computer and even emailed him."

The funeral will start on July 5th at 11:00. The venue is Takaya Mankado Hachimancho Hall (Hachimancho, Hirosaki City, TEL 0172-37-0041).