organ donation

National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Apr 22, 2019

Hiroshima bone marrow donors dwindling with age amid lack of registration volunteers and education

Following renowned swimmer Rikako Ikee's announcement of her leukemia diagnosis, public interest in donating bone marrow has increased, especially in Hiroshima Prefecture, which has more than its fair share of patients as a result of the atomic bombing in 1945. In Hiroshima, though, the eligible ...

Reference | SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT Jul 18, 2014

Organ donation

by Alice Gordenker

Dear Alice, I'm looking at my Japanese driver's license and wondering if the form on the back has anything to do with organ donation. Years ago, I registered in the United States to be an organ donor, which was a simple matter of checking a ...

Commentary / World Sep 26, 2013

Mandatory organ donation

by Ted Rall

It is estimated that 18 people die in the U.S. every day due to a national shortage of organ donations. This crisis could be solved if organ donation were mandatory.