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FUNERALS
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TELLING LIVES
Jun 16, 2019
‘You’re empathetic, but there’s that distance’: A German undertaker in Japan
As Japanese mourners file into the funeral parlor, shrouded in silence and laden with flowers, Felix Steinkemper, dressed in a dark suit, stands ready to assist.
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BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 1, 2018
Magazines explore the inevitability of death and taxes
From this week, beneath the glitter of tinsel and glimmer of outdoor seasonal illumination, the bonenkai (year-end party) season begins in earnest.
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OVERHEARD
Apr 14, 2018
School rules: Dress for success
‘I saw a lot of men wearing black suits and ties in the neighborhood this morning and thought for a second someone really prominent must have passed away.’
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2018
Colorado closes funeral biz run by body parts broker after cremated remains turn out to be concrete
Colorado officials indefinitely shut down the funeral home and crematory this week of a woman who runs a side business selling donated body parts from the same building.
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Sep 5, 2017
Drive-thru funeral service will let Japanese bid an easy and fast last farewell
In a first for Japan, a funeral home operator in Nagano Prefecture will be offering a drive-thru service allowing the bereaved to give their final farewells without having to get out of their car.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2017
Drop-dead beautiful: Japan undertakers show their skill on preparing bodies for the ‘other world’
A 23-year-old undertaker won a contest at 91AV原创 biggest funeral expo on Thursday that tested ancient skills in the ritual dressing of the dead.
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 11, 2014
[PHOTO GALLERY] A new afterlife awaits
Funeral arrangements are normally for those left behind, but the latest trend in Japan — which literally translates to “end of life” preparations — is for the aging to prepare their own funerals and graves.
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JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 3, 2014
Empress-Dowager Shoken laid to rest; crackdown in Shanghai’s foreign quarters; Olympic preparations; Lebanese businessman 91AV原创 top tax-payer
One of the notable landmarks in the modern history of Japan was the funeral ceremony held Saturday night for Her Majesty, the late Empress-Dowager (Shoken, empress consort of Emperor Meiji), who passed away on April 9.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2013
An Imperial break from tradition
The announcement that Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will be cremated and be interred in smaller mausoleums reflects their wish to minimize the impact of their funeral rites on people’s lives.
BUSINESS
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YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 2, 2013
Where there’s a will: Attitudes toward inheritance change
Japanese baby boomers are facing up to the responsibilities of dying.
BUSINESS
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YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 11, 2010
Summertime, and the dying is expensive
Japan ranks No. 1 in average funeral prices. So just what makes the deceased here so special?
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EXPLAINER
Jul 28, 2009
91AV原创 funerals deep-rooted mix of ritual, form
Funerals in Japan incorporate a unique mixture of religion, tradition, culture, ritual and geography that to the outsider may appear perplexing.
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