• On September 15th, Masajiro Tatsuki donated funds to conduct comprehensive medical research, support academic research at the Faculty of Medicine of Kyoto Imperial University (now Kyoto University), and disseminate the results of this research, thereby contributing to the development of academia and culture.

• On October 10th, it received approval from both the Minister of Education and the Minister of Home Affairs.

• On November 4th, the Tatsutsuki Kofukai Foundation was founded.

• On February 29th, Kitano Hospital was opened with 120 beds for clinical medical research, attached to the Kyoto Imperial University School of Medicine.

Site: 37 bays east to west, 29 bays north to south.
Area: 1,037 tsubo.
Building size: Main building) 4 floors above ground, 1 floor below ground
Annex) 2 floors above ground, 1 floor below ground
Design: Dr. Keiichi Morita, assistant professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto Imperial University, designed the building based on German-style hospitals.
For a hospital built in the late Taisho to early Showa periods, it was described as having a "modern and stately appearance."
Features: An open space is created in the middle of the building, expanding the area for lighting and ventilation.
Sufficient consideration was given to the mechanical aspects of earthquake resistance, and there was no major damage during the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995.

• The opening ceremony will be held in the main auditorium.
  Main attendees: Masajiro Tatsuki, first chairman of the board, Matsumoto, first hospital director, Araki, president of Kyoto Imperial University, Tanabe, governor of Osaka Prefecture, Sekisui, mayor of Osaka Prefecture, Sata, president of the Osaka Medical Association, Usui, president of the Osaka Medical Association, etc.

• The Institute of Medical Research publishes the "Tatsumi Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital Performance Report (currently the Kitano Hospital Bulletin)" as its journal.
  Purpose: To demonstrate the uniqueness of the research hospital and improve the research awareness of each researcher.
  Japanese inscription: Presented by Shinkichi Imamura, Director of the Institute of Medical Research.
  It is not clear who did it.
  The English title, Memories of the Kitano Hospital Osaka, was devised by Mr. Imamura.

• When Emperor Showa visited Osaka, he was honored to receive a chamberlain sent by the Emperor.

• Designated by Osaka Prefecture as a "Nurse Training School under Article 2, Paragraph 1, Item 2 of the Nurse Regulations."
  First graduating class: 12 students
  Graduation ceremony: May 24th of the same year

• The new central building (north side) will be expanded.
  Site: 11 ken east-west 57 ken, 28 ken north-south
  Area: 324 tsubo
  Building size: 3 floors above ground, 1 floor below ground
  Floor plan: examination room, examination room, physical therapy room, doctor's room, nurses' dormitory, kitchen, 8 patient rooms, 13 beds, etc.

• A tenth anniversary ceremony and the unveiling of a portrait of the foundation's founder, Masajiro Tatsuki, were held.

• With the expansion of the new central building (west side), the number of hospital beds will increase to 188.
  Total building area: 596 tsubo, 5 go, 3 tsubo.
  Building size: 4 floors above ground, 1 floor below ground
  Floor plan: Treatment room, nurse's station, serving room, kitchen, elevator, machine room, etc.
  Features: Built during the heyday of pre-war architecture, the building's interior and exterior are elaborately designed, transitioning from European to American style. Around this time, the building was fitted with air conditioning and heating.

• With the entry into World War II, many doctors were called up to serve as military doctors.

• The hospital was closed immediately after suffering irreparable damage from the Great Osaka Air Raid. In August, the hospital business was terminated and the building, medicines, and some other inventory were sold.

• The hospital facilities are taken over by the Allied forces.

• Following the lifting of occupation by the Allied forces, the hospital reopened with 188 beds.

• Complete nursing care (partial) and complete meals (all) are provided.
  Approval number: Special care No. 2/Food No. 16

• The number of beds will be increased to 212.

• The number of beds will be increased to 244.

• Five telephone lines will be added and a main number system will be introduced.

• We will start a health checkup.
• With the addition of tuberculosis beds, the total number of beds will increase to 353.

• The Institute of Medical Research's journal, "Kitano Hospital Bulletin (formerly the Tatsuno Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital Performance Report)," will be republished.
  Japanese title: Written by Miura Momoe, who was the chairman of the board at the time.
  English title: Selected by Atsumi Matsuura, the hospital director at the time, from among those proposed by the editors.

• A ceremony to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the reopening of the hospital will be held at the Naniwa Hotel.

• Designated as an "emergency designated hospital" by Osaka Prefecture.

• Approved as a "general hospital."

• The Kitano Hospital Bulletin is designated as an international exchange book by the National Diet Library.

• Short-term health checkups will be offered.

• Designated as a "tariff-exempt organization."

• Anesthesiology department opened.

• Land purchased from Osaka City.

• With the addition of the new building, the hospital will have 510 beds.

• Neurosurgery department opened.

• Designated as an "Intern Clinical Training Designated Hospital" by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

• A specialized internal medicine outpatient clinic will be opened.

• Designated as a "Clinical Training Hospital" by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

• A neurology department was established.

• With the expansion of the West Wing, the number of beds will increase to 741.
  Building size: 6 floors above ground, 2 floors below ground
  Floor plan: There are two corridors on the left and right, with patient rooms on the north and south sides.
  Stairwells, elevators, toilets, treatment rooms, staff rooms, etc.
  A core style located in the center.
  One pit for piping/ventilation ducts on each floor,
  One waste chute and one dust chute are installed.
  Intercom communication is available between the guardhouse and the patient rooms.
  An oxygen inhalation valve was installed in the patient's room.
  An underground operating room will be installed on the first basement floor and will be equipped with special facilities such as air conditioning, lighting, disinfection, sterilization, and moisture control.

• Opening a neurological center.

• Designated as a "Specified Public Interest Promotion Corporation" by the Ministry of Education.

• A regional medical training center will be opened.

• The Ministry of Education designates the institute as a "Japan Scholarship Foundation research institute eligible for exemption from repayment of scholarships."

• Open a stroke center.

• A groundbreaking ceremony and groundbreaking ceremony will be held for the new hospital.
  (Former Ogimachi Junior High School site)
  Main attendees: Chairman Honjo Tasuku, Director Tatsuki Masajiro, Director Honda Koji of Kyoto University Hospital, President Kikuchi Haruhiko of the National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka Prefectural Assembly Member Kyogoku Toshiaki, President Okamura Heita of the Kita Ward Medical Association, etc.

• Introduce a medical information ordering system (hospitalization).

• Open a plastic surgery department.

• Open an emergency department.

• The facility will be relocated to a new building on site.
  Site area: 9969.86㎡
  Total floor area: 58,532.02㎡
  Building area: 5139.86㎡
  Building size: 15 floors above ground, 3 floors below ground, 1 floor in the penthouse
  Structure: SRC construction, S construction, RC construction
  Features: Modern semicircular curved exterior
  An open and spacious hospital environment
  Windows installed at every bedside
  Hospital rooms that allow plenty of sunlight and natural breezes to enter

• Expand the medical information ordering system (inpatient and outpatient).
• Health Checkup Department opened (now Health Management Center).
• Opening a geriatric dementia center.

• A NICU (Newborn Intensive Care Unit) will be opened.

• Pediatric surgery department opened.

• Kitano Health Club is launched.

• The hospital is divided into three departments: respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, and cardiology.
• A psychosomatic medicine department will be opened.

• An endoscopy department will be established.
• Received "Hospital Function Evaluation Ver. 4" certification from the Japan Council for Quality Health Care.

• The Department of Immunohematology is divided into the Department of Hematology and the Department of Rheumatology and Collagen Diseases.

• The Foundation launches the "Overseas Expansion Project" to commemorate its 80th anniversary.

• Opening of a gastroenterology center.
• Breast surgery department opened.

• An ICU (Intensive Care Unit) will be opened.

• Open a Stroke Care Unit (SCU).

• A CCU (Coronary Care Unit) will be opened.

• The hospital has been certified as a "hospital with a good working environment" by the non-profit organization EJ Net, which aims to help female doctors develop, maintain, and improve their careers.

• A new cardiovascular surgery department will be established and a cardiac center will be opened.
• The number of psychiatric beds will be reduced to 20 (707 licensed beds).

• The respiratory medicine and thoracic surgery departments will be integrated to form a respiratory center.

• Open a rehabilitation center.

• A new Social Contribution Department will be established.

• A cancer treatment collaboration consultation and support center will be opened.

• A general agreement is signed between Fudan University, Kyoto University, and affiliated hospitals.

• Expand the medical information ordering system.

• Opening of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center.

• Introducing the CART system (Heart Center)

• The Neurology Center will be reorganized by integrating the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery.

• Introduce a doctor car.

• Officials from Fudan University, Huashan Hospital, and the Shanghai Health Bureau will be visiting the hospital.

• Designated as an "Osaka Prefecture Cancer Treatment Center Hospital" by Osaka Prefecture.
• A general medical center will be opened.

• We accept medical students from Fudan University for training.
  (Observing surgical practice, etc.)

• Approved as a "regional medical support hospital" by Osaka Prefecture.
• Introduce non-smoking taxis.

• Introducing a 4D ultrasound diagnostic device (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

• Certified as a "Regional Perinatal Maternal and Child Medical Center" by Osaka Prefecture.

• A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is signed between Kazan Hospital and Kitano Hospital, and collaborative medical research begins at the Kazan Hospital Worldwide Medical Center.

• Received "Hospital Function Evaluation Ver. 6" certification from the Japan Council for Quality Health Care.

• Introducing the OMP Lumera 700 (Ophthalmology)

• The basement floor shop will be renovated.

• The Foundation launches the "Exploratory Medicine Project" to commemorate its 80th anniversary.

• Kitano Hospital Affiliated Imaging Diagnostic Clinic opens.

• Expand the clean room.

• The hospital is certified as an "unrelated bone marrow transplant facility" by the Bone Marrow Transplant Promotion Foundation.
• Certified as a "non-blood related peripheral stem cell collection facility" by the Bone Marrow Transplant Promotion Foundation.

• Designated as a "public interest incorporated foundation" by the Cabinet Office.

• Designated as a "DPC Group II Hospital" by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

• The hospital received renewed certification for its "hospital rating for a good place to work" from the nonprofit organization EJ Net, which aims to help female doctors develop, maintain, and improve their careers.

• The hospital website will be renewed.

• The number of psychiatric beds will be reduced to 12 (699 licensed beds).

• The Health Management Center will be relocated to the 14th floor.

• A 3D image analysis system (SYNASE VINSENT) will be introduced.

• A new oncology department will be established.

• Pharmacists will be stationed in all wards.

• We will introduce an endoscopic surgery support robot (da Vinci Surgical System).

• A mutual cooperation agreement is concluded with Morinomiya Medical University.

• The restaurant on the 5th floor will be renovated.

• Staff members will begin beautification promotion activities.

• Renovation of the special patient rooms on the 14th floor will begin.

• The outpatient chemotherapy room will be relocated.

• The Kidney and Urology Center will be opened.

• The first large-scale disaster drill will be held.

• Opening a breast center.

• Opening a chemotherapy center.

• Certified by the Japan Clinical Education and Training Organization (JCEP), a non-profit organization.
• Certified as a training facility for medical checkup specialists.

• Received ISO 9001:2015 certification.
• The hospital received renewed certification for its "hospital rating for a good place to work" from the nonprofit organization EJ Net, which aims to help female doctors develop, maintain, and improve their careers.

• The hospital is certified as a "Certified Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Comprehensive Medical Care Collaboration Facility Hospital" by the Japan Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Comprehensive Medical Care System Organization (General Incorporated Association).

• Councillor Tasuku Honjo, who served as the 20th and 22nd Chairman of the Foundation, is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• Opened the Pectus Excavatum Center.

• Designated as a "Center Hospital for Collaboration in the Treatment of Intractable Diseases" by Osaka Prefecture.

• The hospital website will be renewed.

• Open an admission and discharge support station.

• Dental and oral surgery department opened.

• Open a cancer treatment center.

• Palliative care department will be opened.

• Designated as a "pediatric cancer affiliated hospital" by the Kinki Block Pediatric Cancer Center Hospital.
• The Clinical Laboratory Department receives ISO 15189:2012 certification.

• Opening a hearing loss and eardrum regeneration center.

• Ended outpatient psychosomatic medicine treatment.

• The new building is completed and a cornerstone laying ceremony is held.

• End operation of psychiatric beds (687 licensed beds).
• The Radiology Department is divided into a Treatment Department and a Diagnostic Department, and the Radiation Therapy Center (Oncology Radiology Department) and the Radiology Diagnostic Department are established.

• End operation of emergency beds (685 licensed beds)

• Opening a children's hernia center.

• Open a palliative care center.

• The Blood Purification Center will be relocated from the 4th floor of the main building to the 6th floor of the main building.
• The Chemotherapy Center will be relocated from the first floor of the main building to the sixth floor of the main building.
• Relocate and expand the NICU.

• The outpatient ophthalmology department will be relocated from the 3rd floor of the main building to the 5th floor, and an eye center will be opened.

• Expand GCU.
• The Rehabilitation Department will be relocated from the 4th floor of the main building to the 5th floor of the main building.

• Designated as an "Osaka Prefecture Pediatric Core Hospital" by Osaka Prefecture.

• The Regional Medical Service Center and Admission and Discharge Support Station will be relocated and expanded.

• The ICU (intensive care unit) will be relocated and all rooms will be converted to private rooms.

• A day surgery room will be opened on the third floor of the main building.

• Additional operating rooms, including a hybrid operating room, will be added to the fourth floor of the main building.

• Launched the "Outpatient Prescription Transmission Service."
• The All Japan Hospital Medical Assistance Team (AMAT) will be dispatched to the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
• We will start a "post-payment service" for medical examination fees and hospitalization fees.

• The Japan Medical Association Disaster Medical Team (JMAT) will be dispatched to the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
• The Cancer Counseling Support Center will be relocated and expanded.

• We will launch a "LINE call service" that will notify you when your appointment time approaches.

• We will introduce a flexible working hours system for doctors.

• The public relations magazine "Kitano Public Relations" will be revamped into "kitanoto: (Kitanoto)," an information magazine for patients.
  
• Kitano Hospital will launch an official Instagram account.

• Renovate the kitchen (cooking room).

• The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology recognizes the organization as a public interest organization (※) based on Article 2 of the internal regulations regarding the Medal Ordinance.

*An organization with the public interest as its objective, which has legal personality and which carries out activities that significantly contribute to the promotion of public interest, has been recognized by the Order of the Orders and Decorations Bureau based on an application from a government ministry or agency that has a close relationship with the organization.

• The 100th anniversary of the foundation's foundingAnniversary Mark" is enacted.

• The 100th anniversary of the foundationCommemorative website,Commemorative Movieetc. will be made public.

• The hospital website will be renewed.