Shimetarō Hara

Shimetarō Hara (原 志免太郎, Hara Shimetarō, 4 October 1882 – 18 June 1991) was a Japanese physician, active as medical doctor until age 104. At the time of his death at age 108 years, 257 days, Hara had been the oldest living Japanese man for 109-year-old Nisaburo Matsuyama's death on 3 April 1991,[1] and was succeeded as Japan's oldest living man by Gihei Oka.[2]

Shimetarō Hara in 1982
First page of Shimetarō Hara: Effects of Moxa on hemoglobin and RBC count. Iji Shinbun, no 1219, 10 Sept. 1927. (Summary in Esperanto)

References
  1. "Newspaper" (PDF). www.manchesterhistory.org. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  2. Japanese Centenarian Record Holders 1978 - 2001 Gerontology Research Group


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