Issues | THE ZEIT GIST Apr 11, 2006
Sick, desperate Japanese turn to booming Chinese organ trade
When Kenichiro Hokamura's kidneys failed, he spent four years on dialysis before going online to check out rumors of organs for sale. With less than 10 kidney transplants performed in Japan a year, the 62-year-old businessman was desperate. "There are 100 people waiting in my ...