Japan does its first official heart and liver transplantations.
D001926:Brain Death; D002102:Cadaver; D003315:Cornea; D003643:Death; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007668:Kidney; D008099:Liver; D008402:Mass Media; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D011639:Public Opinion; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement
Death and Euthanasia; Health Care and Public Health; Organ and Transplant Law 1997 (Japan)