Araki was on staff at a hospital in Kobe as a young woman . Beginning in 1903 , she was superintendent of nurses and head of the nurses ' training school at St. Luke 's International Hospital in Tokyo , using a curriculum based on the American programs she examined in her studies . She presented a report about tuberculosis in Japan for the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis in 1908 . In 1918-1919 , Araki led a unit of Japanese nurses working at an American Red Cross hospital at Russian Island . She resigned from teaching duties at St. Luke 's in 1920 , but remained as superintendent of nurses . She was prominent coordinating the hospital 's response in the aftermath of Tokyo 's 1923 Great Kantō earthquake , evacuating patients and keeping them alive when the hospital burned . In 1927-1928 she traveled again to the United States , on a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation , to study American hospitals . " Miss Araki is something of a national hero in her native country " , noted '' The New York Times '' in 1927
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
Iyo Araki