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This is a topic that should be considered
during a healthy period of life,
and may be an issue to address
before thinking about inheritance.
In fact, Japan, where the world’s seventh Euthanasia Society was established in 1976, is the country with the highest interest in euthanasia among Asian countries.
In fact, while euthanasia cases were contested in court in the Netherlands and the United States in the 1970s, in Japan, the Nagoya High Court presented six requirements for euthanasia in 1962.
However, it is not that Japan has a high awareness of patient rights.
Rather, because this concept is not ingrained, euthanasia is treated as “murder” and has been a problem in court.
Unlike the West, it can be said that the reality is that patients’ wishes have not been reflected in medical care in Japan.
Before delving into the question of why the euthanasia movement started early in Asia in Japan,
I would like to talk about two examples from other Asian countries.
Australia and China.
Please bear with me for a moment.
Australia
