Rice planting and smart farming - China

Rice planting and smart farming - China

A villager transplants seedlings in the rice field near Chaohu Lake in Huailin Township of Chaohu City, east China's Anhui Province, June 17, 2024. In recent years, local authorities in Chaohu Lake in east China's Anhui Province and Datong Lake in central China's Hunan Province have promoted green rice planting and smart farming through fertilizer reduction and efficiency improvement, prevention and control of diseases and pests, and the establishment of smart agricultural platforms, so as to improve agricultural development. Photo by Zhang Duan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-RICE PLANTING-SMART AGRICULTURE (CN)

CHINA-RICE PLANTING-SMART AGRICULTURE (CN)

(240618) -- CHAOHU, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A villager transplants seedlings in the rice field near Chaohu Lake in Huailin Township of Chaohu City, east China's Anhui Province, June 17, 2024. In recent years, local authorities in Chaohu Lake in east China's Anhui Province and Datong Lake in central China's Hunan Province have promoted green rice planting and smart farming through fertilizer reduction and efficiency improvement, prevention and control of diseases and pests, and the establishment of smart agricultural platforms, so as to improve agricultural development. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Duan)

CHINA-RICE PLANTING-SMART AGRICULTURE (CN)

CHINA-RICE PLANTING-SMART AGRICULTURE (CN)

(240618) -- CHAOHU, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A villager transplants seedlings in the rice field near Chaohu Lake in Huailin Township of Chaohu City, east China's Anhui Province, June 17, 2024. In recent years, local authorities in Chaohu Lake in east China's Anhui Province and Datong Lake in central China's Hunan Province have promoted green rice planting and smart farming through fertilizer reduction and efficiency improvement, prevention and control of diseases and pests, and the establishment of smart agricultural platforms, so as to improve agricultural development. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

(240608) -- LINGSHUI, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A diver transplants corals in the waters of Fenjiezhou Island of Hainan Province, south China, June 8, 2024. June 8 marks World Oceans Day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

(240608) -- LINGSHUI, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A diver transplants corals in the waters of Fenjiezhou Island of Hainan Province, south China, June 8, 2024. June 8 marks World Oceans Day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

(240608) -- LINGSHUI, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A diver transplants corals in the waters of Fenjiezhou Island of Hainan Province, south China, June 8, 2024. June 8 marks World Oceans Day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

(240608) -- LINGSHUI, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A diver transplants corals in the waters of Fenjiezhou Island of Hainan Province, south China, June 8, 2024. June 8 marks World Oceans Day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

(240608) -- LINGSHUI, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A diver transplants corals in the waters of Fenjiezhou Island of Hainan Province, south China, June 8, 2024. June 8 marks World Oceans Day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

(240608) -- LINGSHUI, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A diver transplants corals in the waters of Fenjiezhou Island of Hainan Province, south China, June 8, 2024. June 8 marks World Oceans Day. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

(240608) -- LINGSHUI, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A diver transplants corals in the waters of Fenjiezhou Island of Hainan Province, south China, June 8, 2024. June 8 marks World Oceans Day. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

(240608) -- LINGSHUI, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A diver transplants corals in the waters of Fenjiezhou Island of Hainan Province, south China, June 8, 2024. June 8 marks World Oceans Day. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

(240608) -- LINGSHUI, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A diver transplants corals in the waters of Fenjiezhou Island of Hainan Province, south China, June 8, 2024. June 8 marks World Oceans Day. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-FENJIEZHOU ISLAND-MARINE ENVIRONMENT (CN)

(240608) -- LINGSHUI, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A diver transplants corals in the waters of Fenjiezhou Island of Hainan Province, south China, June 8, 2024. June 8 marks World Oceans Day. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Wuzhizhou Island's Marine Ranch In Sanya - China

Wuzhizhou Island's Marine Ranch In Sanya - China

Wang Fengguo (R) transplants corals with his colleague in the waters of Wuzhizhou Island in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 17, 2023. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. Wang Fengguo, 42, has been working at Wuzhizhou Island Tourism Resort since 2006. Initially, he worked as a diving instructor. In 2011, Wuzhizhou Island launched China's first tropical marine ranching project, and Wang joined the team, dedicating himself to marine environmental protection for 13 years. Wang's team is responsible for maintaining the marine ranch, transplanting corals, monitoring the marine environment and cleaning up coral predators. To restore the ecological environment of nearby sea area, Wuzhizhou Isla

(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-DIVING (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-DIVING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Wang Fengguo (R) transplants corals with his colleague in the waters of Wuzhizhou Island in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 17, 2023. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. Wang Fengguo, 42, has been working at Wuzhizhou Island Tourism Resort since 2006. Initially, he worked as a diving instructor. In 2011, Wuzhizhou Island launched China's first tropical marine ranching project, and Wang joined the team, dedicating himself to marine environmental protection for 13 years. Wang's team is responsible for maintaining the marine ranch, transplanting corals, monitoring the marine environment and cleaning up coral predators. To re

(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-DIVING (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-DIVING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Fengguo (R) transplants corals with his colleague in the waters of Wuzhizhou Island in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 17, 2023. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. Wang Fengguo, 42, has been working at Wuzhizhou Island Tourism Resort since 2006. Initially, he worked as a diving instructor. In 2011, Wuzhizhou Island launched China's first tropical marine ranching project, and Wang joined the team, dedicating himself to marine environmental protection for 13 years. Wang's team is responsible for maintaining the marine ranch, transplanting corals, monitoring the marine environment and cleaning up coral predators. To restore the ecolo

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau transplants a tomato with students in their greenhouse at Marguerite-Bourgeoys School in Caraquet, NB, Canada on May 16, 2024. Photo by Ron Ward/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets students in their green house at Marguerite-Bourgeoys School in Caraquet, NB, Canada on May 16, 2024. Photo by Ron Ward/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau transplants a tomato with students in their greenhouse at Marguerite-Bourgeoys School in Caraquet, NB, Canada on May 16, 2024. Photo by Ron Ward/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau transplants a tomato with students in their greenhouse at Marguerite-Bourgeoys School in Caraquet, NB, Canada on May 16, 2024. Photo by Ron Ward/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau transplants a tomato with students in their greenhouse at Marguerite-Bourgeoys School in Caraquet, NB, Canada on May 16, 2024. Photo by Ron Ward/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets students in their green house at Marguerite-Bourgeoys School in Caraquet, NB, Canada on May 16, 2024. Photo by Ron Ward/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on as a student shows one of the plants growing in their green house at Marguerite-Bourgeoys School in Caraquet, NB, Canada on May 16, 2024. Photo by Ron Ward/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on as a student shows one of the plants growing in their green house at Marguerite-Bourgeoys School in Caraquet, NB, Canada on May 16, 2024. Photo by Ron Ward/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau address the media after he made an announcement on the National School Food Program, at Marguerite-Bourgeoys School in Caraquet, NB, Canada on May 16, 2024. Photo by Ron Ward/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Transplants Tomato - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau transplants a tomato with students in their greenhouse at Marguerite-Bourgeoys School in Caraquet, NB, Canada on May 16, 2024. Photo by Ron Ward/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-FUJIAN-QUANZHOU-SANANBIO-PLANT FACTORY (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-QUANZHOU-SANANBIO-PLANT FACTORY (CN)

(240510) -- QUANZHOU, May 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member transplants lettuce seedlings at Sananbio plant factory in Anxi County of Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 8, 2024. Sananbio, a joint venture between the Institute of Botany under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Sanan Group, a Chinese optoelectronics giant, has developed an intelligent plant cultivating system integrating research and development results with LED lighting technology, and applied it to a new-generation automated plant factory. The plant factory can achieve a daily industrial production of 1.5 tonnes of vegetables, that could supply vegetables stably to nearby cities such as Fuzhou, Xiamen and Quanzhou. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

MYANMAR-YANGON-FARMING

MYANMAR-YANGON-FARMING

(230808) -- YANGON, Aug. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer transplants seedlings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Aug. 8, 2023. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION-FRONT-LINE WORKER (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION-FRONT-LINE WORKER (CN)

(230607) -- SANYA, June 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Fengguo (R) transplants corals at a marine ranch in the sea area of Wuzhizhou Island in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 17, 2023. Wang Fengguo is a staff member of the Wuzhizhou Island tourist resort in Sanya, whose main job responsibilities include removing marine waste and coral predators, carrying out artificial reef installation and coral transplantation, and helping with scientific researches at the marine ranch in the sea area of Wuzhizhou Island. As a front-line worker committed to marine environmental protection for over ten years, Wang has witnessed significant progress of marine ecosystem restoration at this China's first tropical marine ranch. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant

STORY: Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Barcelona, Spain CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona 2. various of pictures of the surgery 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ALBERT JAUREGUI, Head of the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplants Department at Vall d'Hebron 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): XAVIER, Lung transplant patient STORYLINE: Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona has carried out the world's first fully robotic lung transplant using a minimally invasive technique that does not require cutting through bone. Surgeons announced on Monday that they utilized a four-armed "Da Vinci" medical robot to make an eight-centimeter incision above the diaphragm to remove the damaged lung and insert a new one. This groundbreaking procedure avoids the traditional method of separating the ribs to open up the thorax, which was the only available option until now. The doctors also noted that i

Spain sees organ transplants increase in 2022

STORY: Spain sees organ transplants increase in 2022 DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of organ transplant 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): CAROLINA DARIAS, Spanish Health Minister 3. various of National Transplant Organization (ONT) headquarters in Madrid 4. various of an organ to be transplanted 5. various of the operation room STORYLINE: The Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias celebrated on Thursday the success of the National Transplant Program in 2022. The Ministry of Health released data during the presentation of the balance of activity of the National Transplant Organization (ONT) in 2022 at a press conference on Thursday. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): CAROLINA DARIAS, Spanish Health Minister "In 2022, Spain had an increase in organ transplant activities of 13 percent over the previous year with the realization of 5,383 procedures, which means that every day in our country around 15 transplants are performed." The Ministry of Health emphasized the

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

(230114) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A diver transplants corals underwater in Yalong Bay, Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. A coral reef ecosystem restoration project has been completed in waters of the Yalong Bay in Sanya. The work is done by means of placing artificial reefs and transplanting coral seedlings. Over 80 percent of the coral seedlings are expected to live for at least six months, while over 70 percent will survive for at least one year. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

(230114) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A diver transplants corals underwater in Yalong Bay, Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. A coral reef ecosystem restoration project has been completed in waters of the Yalong Bay in Sanya. The work is done by means of placing artificial reefs and transplanting coral seedlings. Over 80 percent of the coral seedlings are expected to live for at least six months, while over 70 percent will survive for at least one year. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

(230114) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A diver transplants corals onto an artifical reef in Yalong Bay, Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. A coral reef ecosystem restoration project has been completed in waters of the Yalong Bay in Sanya. The work is done by means of placing artificial reefs and transplanting coral seedlings. Over 80 percent of the coral seedlings are expected to live for at least six months, while over 70 percent will survive for at least one year. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

(230114) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A diver transplants corals onto an artifical reef in Yalong Bay, Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. A coral reef ecosystem restoration project has been completed in waters of the Yalong Bay in Sanya. The work is done by means of placing artificial reefs and transplanting coral seedlings. Over 80 percent of the coral seedlings are expected to live for at least six months, while over 70 percent will survive for at least one year. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

(230114) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A diver transplants corals onto an artifical reef in Yalong Bay, Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. A coral reef ecosystem restoration project has been completed in waters of the Yalong Bay in Sanya. The work is done by means of placing artificial reefs and transplanting coral seedlings. Over 80 percent of the coral seedlings are expected to live for at least six months, while over 70 percent will survive for at least one year. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM-RESTORATION (CN)

(230114) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A diver transplants corals underwater in Yalong Bay, Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. A coral reef ecosystem restoration project has been completed in waters of the Yalong Bay in Sanya. The work is done by means of placing artificial reefs and transplanting coral seedlings. Over 80 percent of the coral seedlings are expected to live for at least six months, while over 70 percent will survive for at least one year. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Ig Nobel award

Ig Nobel award

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Teikyo University School of Medicine Associate Professor Masanori Niimi (C) poses for photos with co-awardees during an award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 2013. Their group won the spoof Ig Nobel medicine prize for studying how opera music affects mice heart transplants.

Organ transplants from brain-dead donors

Organ transplants from brain-dead donors

TOKYO, Japan - Archived photo shows a news conference given by officials of the Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital in Kochi city in February 1992 regarding a patient, the first potential organ donor under the organ transplant law enacted in 1997.

Age cap on recipients of brain-dead organ transplants

Age cap on recipients of brain-dead organ transplants

OKAYAMA, Japan - Takahiro Oto (L), an associate professor at Okayama University, speaks with a woman in Okayama in April 2012, after she received a lung transplant from living donors in February 2012. The woman, who suffered from interstitial pneumonia, initially hoped to receive a transplant from a brain-dead donor but she was barred from joining the waiting list by the upper age limit for recipients of organ transplants from brain-dead donors.

Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

TOKYO, Japan - Juntaro Ashikari, an official of the Japan Organ Transplant Network, speaks during a press conference at the health ministry in Tokyo on April 12, 2011, on planned transplantations of organs of a boy aged between 10 and 14 who was declared brain-dead with family consent for the first time in Japan the same day. The network is the only entity certified as an intermediary for organ transplants in Japan.

Organs transported

Organs transported

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Organs removed from a brain dead man at a hospital in western Japan are transported on Aug. 19, 2010, for patients waiting for transplants. The man's family consented for his organs to be donated, although he had not expressed his intentions in writing, the second such case in Japan under a revised organ transplant law.

Organ transplant law revised to recognize brain deaths

Organ transplant law revised to recognize brain deaths

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a plenary session of the House of Councillors which enacted on July 13 a revised Organ Transplant Law. The revised law recognizes people who are brain dead as legally deceased and paves the way for children under 15 also to be organ donors amid mounting calls from patients' and doctors' groups to increase opportunities for transplants.

Lower house OKs bill to scrap age limit for organ transplants

Lower house OKs bill to scrap age limit for organ transplants

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe bows after Japan's lower house approved June 18 a bill to recognize people who are brain dead as legally dead and to scrap the age limit for organ transplants. The approval of the bill clears the way for transplants in Japan for people under 15.

Lower house OKs bill to scrap age limit for organ transplants

Lower house OKs bill to scrap age limit for organ transplants

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japan's lower house vote on June 18 on a bill to recognize people who are brain dead as legally dead and to scrap the age limit for organ transplants. The house approved the bill, clearing the way for transplants in Japan for people under 15.

State, CJD plaintiffs sign settlement

State, CJD plaintiffs sign settlement

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (L) shakes hands with representatives of plaintiffs who sued the state and companies for failing to ensure the safety of human dura mater transplants at the ministry in Tokyo on March 25 after singing a settlement. Patients represented developed the fatal brain disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease following transplant operations.

Gov't accepts court settlement in CJD lawsuits

Gov't accepts court settlement in CJD lawsuits

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi announces at the Diet on March 1 that the government accepts a court-brokered settlement of lawsuits filed by on behalf of 20 people who contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) from transplants of infected dura mater. The first CJD lawsuit was filed at the Otsu District Court in 1996 and the second the following year at the Tokyo District Court.

Sakaguchi says state aims at early settlement of CJD suits

Sakaguchi says state aims at early settlement of CJD suits

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi tells reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 22 that the government will try to reach an early settlement in two damages suits over Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) contracted from transplants of infected dura mater. The Tokyo and Otsu district courts delivered opinions earlier this month which held the government partly responsible for 28 people in Japan contracting the brain-wasting disease.

Japan's 1st intestine transplant from brain-dead donor held

Japan's 1st intestine transplant from brain-dead donor held

KYOTO, Japan - A girl is carried by doctors at Kyoto University Hospital in Kyoto for the first small intestine transplant from a brain-dead donor in Japan on Jan. 21. The transplant is part of the nation's 11th set of transplants from such donors since the procedure was legalized in 1997.

Japan's 9th set of organ transplants gets under way

Japan's 9th set of organ transplants gets under way

KYOTO, Japan - A doctor (R) from Hokkaido University transporting a liver arrives at Kyoto University Hospital as Japan's ninth set of organ transplant operations got under way Nov. 5 on two women, one in her 40s and another in her 50s, from organs donated by a brain-dead woman in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Earlier in the day, doctors at Hokkaido University removed two organs from the donor -- a kidney for the younger woman at the municipal hospital in Sapporo and a liver for the older woman in Kyoto. The liver was transported to Kyoto by plane and Shinkansen bullet train.