How come Japanese are reluctant to give organs?
When the Japan’s first heart transplant was performed by Dr. Wada at Sapporo Medical University in 1969, so many things were questioned that Dr Wada was accused as a murderer who killed the recipient and donor. Although he was not charged because of insufficient evidence, it left deep distrust about organ transplant in Japan. Lots of Japanese disbelieve brain death is irreversible, distrust diagnose of brain death, and the law makes the process of organ donation from a brain-dead person so complicated and difficult. Japanese religious belief system also discourages them to give organs.
