Live in Japan: Japanese lifestyle and its social culture
Obscure Obsequies: Japan's Changing Funerals

Japan's Changing Funerals In 1993 actress Takiko Mizunoe held a “living funeral.” She was 78, the end could come any time. Meanwhile she was healthy, vivacious, fun-loving – so why not? Why be a corpse at your own funeral when you can be its host, saying farewell to your nearest and dearest in your own […]

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