Tag: organ transplant tourism

Japan Releases Figures on Organ Transplant Tourism

Japan recently released its latest numbers for transplant travelers, showing one-third of them had their organs transplanted in China. A Japanese governmental survey said that as of the end of March, 543 people were confirmed to have received organ transplants overseas, 175 of whom had received transplants in China, accounting for more than 32 percent…


Head of Japanese Nonprofit Arrested for Facilitating Unauthorized Organ Transplants Overseas

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Feb. 7 arrested the head of a nonprofit organization for allegedly violating Japan’s organ transplant law. The organization sent its patients to China for organ transplants between 2017 and 2020, which highlights the Chinese regime’s practice of forced organ harvesting among prisoners of conscience. Hiromichi Kikuchi, 62, is the…