The number of organ donations made from brain-dead people is approaching 1,000 in total in Japan, 26 years after the country's organ transplant law came into force, in 1997.

The number of organ donations from such people has been on the rise since the law was revised in 2010 to allow such donations with the consent of their families.

However, less than 3% of patients waiting for organ transplants have actually received transplants, as Japan still faces a serious shortage of organ donors.