In 1968, the first operation of a heart transplant was put into practice at a university hospital in Sapporo (Hokkaido). But this attempt ended in a failure by the death of the two victims, the donor and the recipient, who were profited by an ambitious physician. Since then, the internal organ transplant became a taboo for the Japanese. Their tradition of respecting a dead person strengthened this tendency. The Japon Medical Association organized a study group on this problem in 1986, and in 1989 the Government itself set up a special investigation committee for the purpose of studying the brain death and promoting the internal organ transplant. After years of heated debates, the Bill concerning the internal organ transplant was introduced ...