Is there any illness that can be treated with better results in the United States than in all of Japan?

Question:

This is a weird question, but I have a reason for. I've began writing a novel and it involves Japanese customs and its reality and I need to know what type of medical reasons can Japanese people have to atleast move temporarly to the United States. I have ALOT of reasearch to do and this is only one grain of info in the bucket. Thank you! :)

Answer:

As mentioned, the only high profile things Japanese people go out of Japan for is if they need an organ transplant.

Recently organ transplant laws were changed in Japan to allow more access, however there's a simple matter that not many people are organ donors in Japan. Even in other countries like the United States, finding organ donors is extremely hard, so there is no guarantee even if they move to America that they will get an organ. So treatment wise, there is no difference, it's just a matter of actually finding the organ.

For most other diseases, problems etc, technology wise, Japan can do it.