Father of heart transplant recipient calls for revision of law

Father of heart transplant recipient calls for revision of law

KOCHI, Japan - Ami Miyakubo, 5, who underwent a heart transplant operation in the United States in August 2000, smiles at a news conference with her father May 17. Motoshige Miyakubo, her 42-year-old father, called for revision of Japan's transplant law to enable children to undergo transplant operations in Japan.

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