Tadashi Hattori
{{Short description|Japanese ophthalmologist}}
Tadashi Hattori (born 1964) is a Japanese ophthalmologist who is the recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award.{{Cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Hannah |date=2022-11-08 |title=Japanese Eye Doctor Earns "Nobel Prize of Asia" for 20-Year-Dedication in Vietnam |url=https://vietnamtimes.org.vn/japanese-eye-doctor-earns-nobel-prize-of-asia-for-20-year-dedication-in-vietnam-50021.html |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Việt Nam News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Hattori, Tadashi |url=https://www.rmaward.asia/awardee/hattori-tadashi |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=www.rmaward.asia}} He is known for providing free of cost eye treatments in Vietnam.{{Cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Zoey |date=2022-11-26 |title=A Japanese Doctor's Mission to Save Vietnamese Vision |url=https://vietnamtimes.org.vn/a-japanese-doctors-mission-to-save-vietnamese-vision-50929.html |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Việt Nam News |language=en}} He has restored sight of more than 20,000 peoples.{{Cite web |last=Grimaldi |first=Cristian Martini |title=Japanese Magsaysay winner brings sight to Vietnam's poor |url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/japanese-magsaysay-winner-brings-sight-to-vietnams-poor/98763 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Union of Catholic Asian News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-26 |title=Rappler Talk: Dr Tadashi Hattori on giving eyesight back to Vietnam's poor |url=https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/interview-tadashi-hattori-eyesight-vietnam-poor/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}} He has spent 20 years helping people to see.{{Cite web |last=Ha |first=Thanh |last2=Linh |first2=Duy |date=2022-10-28 |title=Japanese doctor spends 20 years bringing light to blind Vietnamese |url=https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20221028/japanese-doctor-spends-20-years-bringing-light-to-blind-vietnamese/69780.html |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Tuổi Trẻ |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-01 |title=Japanese eye doctor earns prestigious Magsaysay Award for charitable work |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/09/01/national/science-health/tadashi-hattori-ramon-magsaysay-award/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Career
He graduated from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in 1993. A Vietnamese doctor suggested he work in Vietnam, which he did in April 2002.{{Cite web |last=Selvam |first=Anbu |date=2022-09-03 |title=Vietnam's visually impaired receive light from a Japanese doctor |url=https://www.rvasia.org/feature-story/vietnams-visually-impaired-receive-light-japanese-doctor |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Radio Veritas |language=en}} In 2023, he became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist.{{cite web |url=https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/ |title=The Asian Scientist 100 |author= |date= |website= |publisher= Asian Scientist |access-date= 13 March 2025 |quote= |language= }}
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