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 of the total.
The transplants consist of 250 kidney transplants, 148 heart transplants, 143 liver transplants, and two lung transplants.
The survey, conducted in April by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, collected responses from 280 clinical departments and 203 medical institutions in Japan, including major university hospitals, according to Japanese news media….