No writing. "Farewell to Beiju" Tsutomu Sakaguchi / Japan Advanced Medical Clinical Research Association / Japan Advanced Medical Clinical Research Association Price: ¥1600 #TsutomuSakaguchi #JapanAdvancedMedicalClinicalResearchAssociation #JapanAdvancedMedicalClinicalResearchAssociation #Book #JapaneseLiterature/Essays The author is the only post-war Minister of Health with a medical license, and the first Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, boasting the longest tenure. As a doctor, he established the blood donation system (Mie method), defying opposition from the Ministry of Health and the Red Cross. He then transitioned to being a member of parliament to expand it nationwide to save patients across Japan, not just in Mie Prefecture. At a time when the word "nursing care" was not common, he envisioned the country's future and drafted the "100-Year 安心年金プラン (Anshin Pension Plan)," which gained attention. In 2001, he blocked the appeal of the Hansen's disease lawsuit, defying the intentions of the government and bureaucrats, and received praise from both ruling and opposition parties. In 2003, he took the lead in containing the domestic spread of SARS to zero, traveled abroad for future pandemic countermeasures, and quickly introduced specific countermeasure examples to Japan. In 2004, during the outbreak of mad cow disease, he conducted full-scale testing, suppressing the intentions of the US food industry association, for the safety and security of the public. The former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, who lived a life of challenges, reflects on the future of Japan in his old age, and offers a book of proposals, speaking with a calm yet passionate tone about the country's future, including the "establishment of a super-elderly pension."