Tours to the United States allowing Japanese massage therapists and others to undergo anatomical training involving the use of donated bodies, available only in Japan to medical students, have stirred a backlash in their home country.
Participants of the tours, organized by Japanese companies in the massage therapy industry, have also included sports trainers and yoga instructors. One Tokyo-based firm sold tours priced from 400,000 yen ($2,700) to 500,000 yen, excluding transportation and hotel fees, for two to three days of anatomical training, pitching it as an opportunity to deepen knowledge of the human body.
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