{"id":51902,"date":"2023-11-28T14:37:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T11:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=51902"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"japanese-court-convicts-ngo-head-over-organ-transplants-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/51902\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese court convicts NGO head over organ transplants in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 28, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Tokyo District Court has sentenced Hiromichi Kikuchi to eight months in prison for organizing organ transplants in Belarus without the Japanese government\u2019s approval, <em>japantimes.co.jp<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2023\/11\/28\/japan\/crime-legal\/organ-transplant-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court also fined his Tokyo-based organization for patients with intractable diseases \u00a51 million yen ($6,700).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the first time a Japanese court heard a case involving organ transplants abroad. Presiding Judge Yoshiro Baba said that such incidents undermine the fundamental fairness of organ donation and stressed the need for further discussion of organ transplants abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Based on the opinions of a number of experts, we judge that the defendant had ample opportunity to recognize the illegality of his acts,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kikuchi reportedly pleaded not guilty, saying he was trying to help patients. He plans to appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pozirk <\/em>reported on the charges against Kikuchi in mid-March. His organization was accused of organizing transplant surgeries for two Japanese nationals in Belarus for a fee of \u00a551.5 million ($390,000). One of the patients received a kidney transplant in July 2022, while the other one underwent liver transplant surgery in February 2022 but reportedly died nine months later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 28, Pozirk. The Tokyo District Court has sentenced Hiromichi Kikuchi to eight months in prison for organizing organ transplants in Belarus without the Japanese government\u2019s approval, japantimes.co.jp reported. The court also fined his Tokyo-based organization for patients with intractable diseases \u00a51 million yen ($6,700). It was the first time a Japanese court heard a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-51902","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Japanese court convicts NGO head over organ transplants in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 28, Pozirk. 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