Violation of Organ Transplant Law: Debt repaid with money in the name of “reward to doctor”?

Health 07/07/2026 NHK 👁 13

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In a case in which three people, including a former director of an NPO, were arrested for arranging an organ transplant surgery in Cambodia for a man living in Tokyo and receiving over 12 million yen in compensation, the Metropolitan Police Department found out in an interview that the former director appears to have used most of the money he received in the name of gratuities for doctors to repay his own debts.

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Violation of Organ Transplant Law: Debt repaid with money in the name of “reward to doctor”?

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The inside story of overseas organ transplants: meeting the donor before the surgery and vowing not to reveal anything

A woman who returned to Japan after undergoing illegal transplant surgery was refused by three medical institutions on suspicion of organ trafficking, and she looked relieved when she was told at the fourth hospital that she would be examined but would call the police (Yomiuri Shimbun Online).

A woman who returned to Japan after undergoing illegal transplant surgery was refused by three medical institutions on suspicion of organ trafficking, and she looked relieved when she was told at the fourth hospital that she would be examined but called the police.

[Explanation] Current status of organ transplants: sometimes you have to wait 15 years for a donor to appear

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The inside story of overseas organ transplants: meeting the donor before the surgery and vowing not to reveal anything

A woman who returned to Japan after undergoing illegal transplant surgery was refused by three medical institutions on suspicion of organ trafficking, and she looked relieved when she was told at the fourth hospital that she would be examined but would call the police (Yomiuri Shimbun Online).

A woman who returned to Japan after undergoing illegal transplant surgery was refused by three medical institutions on suspicion of organ trafficking, and she looked relieved when she was told at the fourth hospital that she would be examined but called the police.

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