The Organ Transplantation and Donation System in Japan

Abstract

Compared to other advanced countries, there are few organ transplants carried out in Japan based on using organs from “brain dead” donors. The primary cause is that fewer people make provision to donate their organs. This in turn may be in part due to the fact that Japan has no organ procurement organization for transplantation. The end of the system, which is not for the public, is the reason that we do not have this kind of organization in Japan.