Specialty

Health Statistics, Public Health Policy, History of Public Health, History of Medicine, Historical Demography

Works

Research reports

1 Ohmi K. Chapter 21 Infectious diseases and diseases. Edited by the Research Planning Committee of the Population Society of Japan (FY2020-2021). Historical Demography in Japan: Perspectives and Developments, 2000-2020. Tokyo: Population Society of Japan: 2022. p.203-214

Original papers

1 Ohmi K. “Spanish Flu” and Public Health Strategies in Japan: Comparing Precautions of the Dainippon Private Hygiene Association with Those of the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Hygiene Bureau. Journal of the Japanese Society for the History of Medicine. 2022; 68(1):3-29

2 Ohmi K. Rethinking of medical research before and during the World War II: Praise and censure to Haruo Mizushima as a conductor of Korean life tables. Japanese journal of health and human ecology 86(5):2020.9 p.209-223

3 Ohmi K. Age structure of long term extension of life expectancy in Japan and Role of Medicine and Public Health: From existing life tables by Japanese government from 1921-25 to 2015. 2020;86(2):47-64

4 K. Ohmi, Suzuki A: Evaluating the Impact of the 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic in Pre-War Imperial Japan, Social Science Diliman,2018，Vol. 14(2),76-102

5 Ohmi K. Change of Self-recognition about the Accuracy of Data on Okinawa in the Mizushima Prefectural Life Table: Influence of His “Pre-publication of the 1921–25 Prefectural Life Table”. Journal of the Japanese Society for the History of Medicine. 2016；62(3)：253-272

6 Ohmi K. Specifying the Date when Mizushima Haruo Calculated His “Pre-publication of the 1921–25 Prefectural Life Table,” Based on Circumstances of Publication and Changes of Methods. Journal of the Japanese Society for the History of Medicine. 2016；62(4)：395-412

7 Ohmi K, Marui E. Estimation of the excess death associated with influenza pandemics and epidemics in Japan after World War II Relation with pandemics and the vaccination system. Japanese journal of public health. 2011；58(10)：867-878

Reviews

1 Ohmi K. From Public Health Center Law to Community Health Law: Development of public health in Japan before, during, and after the World War II. Public Health, 2018;82(3):188-194

2 Ohmi K. Public Health Intervention and Social Defense: From 19th to 21st Century Influenza Pandemics and “Non-Pandemics” in Japan. J. Natl. Inst. Public Health, 58（3）: 2009; 58(3): 236-247

Books, Conference presentations

1 Ohmi K. An essay on the original image of physicians and medicine in clinical medical education in Japan and the transformation of “basso ostinato”: German medicine” and “American medicine”. Sakai Tatsuo ed. Hosei University Press 2019, 435-482

2 Ohmi K. Vaccination and infant mortality reduction. Edited by Population Society of Japan. Encyclopedia of Demography. Tokyo: Maruzen; 2018, 26-27

Social contributions

Japanese Society of Medical History Director

Japanese Journal of Medical History Editorial Committee

Japanese Society of Medical History Yakazu Medical History Award Selection Committee

Japan Society of Health Sciences (former name: Society of Ethnic Hygiene) Director

Others (Awards, etc.)

The 23rd Japanese Association for the History of Medicine Fujikawa Yu Academic Encouragement Award　http://jsmh.umin.jp/awards_recipients_shoreisho.html

2020 Japanese Society of Health Science Excellent Paper Award