{"id":2051,"date":"2018-01-18T11:23:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T21:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2020-02-14T02:15:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T12:15:04","slug":"dr-satoru-izutsu-receives-order-of-the-rising-sun-for-contributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/dr-satoru-izutsu-receives-order-of-the-rising-sun-for-contributions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Satoru Izutsu receives Order of the Rising Sun for bridging connections between UH and Okinawa hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2051\" class=\"elementor elementor-2051\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c75e812 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c75e812\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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elementor-repeater-item-a474e5f elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/2018\/01\/18\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>January 18, 2018<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c673afd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c673afd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Satoru.Medal_.01.18.2018.6x4-DM.jpg?fit=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2052\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Satoru.Medal_.01.18.2018.6x4-DM.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Satoru.Medal_.01.18.2018.6x4-DM.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Satoru.Medal_.01.18.2018.6x4-DM.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13c1b6b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13c1b6b4\" 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c576d3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>January 18, 2018 &#8212;<strong> By Tina Shelton, UH Med Now\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Pictured above: Dr. Izutsu is presented the medal by Japan Consul General Koichi Ito. Deborah Manog photo.<\/em><\/p><p>Dr. Satoru Izutsu, longtime Admissions Director and Vice Dean of the University of Hawai\u02bbi (UH) medical school (and served as a member on the University Health Partners of Hawaii board), was presented a medal, \u201cThe Order of the Rising Sun,\u201d by the government of Japan today.<\/p><p>The ceremony was held at the official residence of the Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu.<\/p><p>Dr. Izutsu led efforts by the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) to assist Okinawa following World War Two. The island badly needed physicians, and the UH and the Chubu Hospital in Okinawa began an MD training collaboration that has lasted 50 years.<\/p><p>\u201cToday there are over 130 staff physicians at the 500-bed Chubu Hospital of which 70% are graduates of the UH-Chubu program,\u201d said Koichi Ito, Consul General of Japan.<\/p><div id=\"attachment_59596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59596 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/25897936688_a3fb6904e5_z.jpg?w=800\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/25897936688_a3fb6904e5_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/25897936688_a3fb6904e5_z-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/25897936688_a3fb6904e5_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Group photo with Dr. Izutsu, family and friends at the Consulate\" \/><\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Izutsu, family and friends at the Consulate on January 18, 2018.<\/p><\/div><p>Dr. Izutsu, 89, retired from UH in December after three decades of service. He is a native of Kaua\u02bbi.<\/p><blockquote><p>\u201cI am grateful for this once in a lifetime opportunity to have been a part of this adventure,\u201d said Dr. Izutsu. \u201cOn a personal note, I am sure that my deceased immigrant parents from Fukuoka \u2026 would feel humbled by this recognition of their last child, the seventh in the family.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Friends of Dr. Izutsu attended the morning ceremony, and were led in a traditional toast by former UH President Fujio Matsuda. \u201cKampai!\u201d he proclaimed, as the guests raised their glasses, too, and answered back, \u201cKampai!\u201d<\/p><p>The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, is the third highest honor bestowed by the Japanese government, and the highest award that can be given to a non-citizen of Japan.<\/p><p>It is given in the name of the Emperor of Japan to those who have made distinguished achievements in international relations, promotion of Japanese culture, advancements in their field or development in the welfare or preservation of the environment.<\/p><div class=\"jabsomVideo\"><p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V25tN1D_Y00\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><p>To see photos from the event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uhmed\/albums\/72157668623926299\/with\/39769777121\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>. Photos by Deborah Manog and Vina Cristobal.<br \/>Video by Tina Shelton.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b1986f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b1986f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75f29616\" data-id=\"75f29616\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f3a0ec1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3f3a0ec1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/news-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">&lt;&lt;   &nbsp;Return To News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 18, 2018 &#8212; Board member Dr. Satoru Izutsu receives a high-ranking Japanese award for his contributions in creating connections between Hawaii and Japan&#8217;s medical communities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21740,"featured_media":2052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-2051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-central"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Satoru.Medal_.01.18.2018.6x4-DM.jpg?fit=600%2C401&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21740"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2051"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12877,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions\/12877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}