Hajime Himonya, standing director of Nihon Soso Bunka Gakkai (the Japan funeral culture study group), cautioned that "scattering ashes may violate the Penal Code if it is done solely to dispose of ...

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The entertainment industry is in shock after it was reported that Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛), known fondly as Big S ...

FUTTSU, Chiba -- A funeral company in this east Japan city in business for over 120 years this September began offering an ...

Tokyo (Japan), Sep 17 (ANI): Bidding funeral to a deceased loved one is the most crucial ritual one has to perform in their lifetime. The after-death rituals have evolved over time due to ...

The funeral industry and municipal governments ... That adds stress to what is already a traumatic time. According to Japan's health ministry, the number of deaths during the 2022 calendar year ...

After Matsuno’s announcement, Jun Azumi, chief of the Diet affairs committee of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, warned that security expenses for the funeral could ...

It was far from the traditional Japanese funeral manner, and it opened many people's eyes to the brutal reality of death from a contagious virus. This era of self-isolation and social distancing ...

If all goes as planned, it will be the first state funeral since 1967, held for former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida (1878-1967), who led Japan during its years of post-World War II reconstruction.

TOKYO, September 27. /TASS/. A state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is taking place at the Nippon Budokan arena in downtown Tokyo, a TASS correspondent reports. A state ...

Watch: Shinzo Abe Funeral Draws Crowds Paying Respect to Former Japanese Leader People and officials gathered in Tokyo to bid farewell to Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister who was ...