[Award Report] The 4th Lights Upon the Mountain Awards (Co-hosted by the Japan Hospital Association, the All Japan Hospital Association, and the Celgene Corporation, June 20, 2018)
date : 7/25/2018
HGPI Chairman Kiyoshi Kurokawa was recognized in the International Physician Division at the 4th Lights Upon the Mountain Awards.
The Lights Upon the Mountain Awards were established in 2016 to recognize and honor people aged 75 or over with outstanding achievements in the wide-ranging fields of health, healthcare, and medicine who are contributing to building a better society.
For further details, please refer to the Lights Upon the Mountain (“Sanjo-no-Hikari-Sho”) website.
In addition, a letter in praise of Kiyoshi Kurokawa, written by Professor Kenji Shibuya, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, can be accessed here.

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