Editing Ryutaro Hashimoto (section)

==Death==
In June 2006, Hashimoto was hospitalized in an [[Intensive care unit|ICU]] to undergo surgery to remove a large part of his colon. On 1 July 2006 at the age of 68, Hashimoto died from complications of [[Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome|multiple organ failure]] and [[septic shock]] at the [[:ja:国立国際医療研究センター|National Center for Global Health and Medicine]] in [[Shinjuku]], Tokyo, just 4 weeks before his 69th birthday.<ref>The Economist, 11 July 2006: [http://www.economist.com/node/7158172 Ryutaro Hashimoto, a reformer of Japan, died on July 1st, aged 68]</ref>