Hiroki Suzuki , 11 , suffers from cardiomyopathy , which inflames and impairs the heart . Kono , who gave a kidney to his father , said a total of 81 organ transplants have been conducted in Japan since the transplant law was enacted in 1997 , whereas nearly thousands of transplants occur in the United States each year . He ca n't get heart in Japan because people under 18 not allowed to donate organs . Hiroki 's family raised $ 1.7 million in donations to send him to New York for treatment .
Hiroki Suzuki , 11 , suffers from cardiomyopathy , which inflames and impairs the heart . He ca n't get heart in Japan because people under 18 not allowed to donate organs . Hiroki 's family raised $ 1.7 million in donations to send him to New York for treatment .