Japan faces crematorium shortage

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serindipity at 12:13 PM JST - 10th September

Wow! No where to live and nowhere to die! The future of Japan looks bleak.
electric2004 at 12:59 PM JST - 10th September

Why is cremation a topic for "lifestyle"?

Actually it sounds more like the opposite. In that sense, OFF Topic.
Altria at 01:10 PM JST - 10th September

Funeral costs are also going up with the price of gasoline.
bushlover at 02:47 PM JST - 10th September

Yes Altria, maybe they should look to Mass Cremations to save on gasoline. Or go to Touyou.
Nessie at 03:41 PM JST - 10th September

A symptom of the recent butter shortage?
Osakadaz at 03:58 PM JST - 10th September

why not just add it to the list on 'moerugomi' day? They burn pretty much anything else.There is some burning desire left in this country after all.
bongoboy at 07:11 PM JST - 10th September

beavis at 11:49 AM JST - Crematoriums must cost a lot of money to operate and probably contribute to a poor air quality. There are options other than cremation. Recycling as a food source for farm animals for instance.

Moderator: Stay on topic please.
OgieDoggie at 01:09 AM JST - 11th September

Humans are the only ones that fight the **CIRCLE OF LIFE **(we eat cow, we die our bodies help Fertilize the soil and because of that grass grows and cows eat the grass and of course we eat cow).

Civilized humans instead of putting the dead six feet under in green pastures (or drop them in the sea to feed the fish which in turn we eat) we burn them up and put them into little jars or bury them in concret boxes.

If we just go back to the CIRCLE OF LIFE and practice it we wouldn't have this crematorium shortage.

Just remember that the CIRCLE OF LIFE is natures way or RECYCLING. But I do like aintgottimetobl post suggesting Viking Funnerals...it is sort of Japanese when you think about the floating of laterns each year symbolizing the spirits travel to the next world. But then again Viking Funnerals do use up oil and produces Global Warming so aintgottimetobl am sorry but your Viking Funnerals are OUT (at least in Japan).
maryhinge at 07:12 AM JST - 11th September

There is something gravely wrong here.
KitsuneYoukai at 10:14 PM JST - 11th September

I don't know, whether they cremate them in the sea on a boat or in a building on land shouldn't make a difference. They are still ebing cremated. What's the big deal here?
NYC_Samurai at 12:24 AM JST - 12th September

“A cremation vessel would have many advantages,” said Katsuhiro Motoyama, a spokesman for the Nippon Foundation. “It is cheap to build and it does not occupy any land.”

Dolphins and fish could dine on the morsels so when we eat them, we are completely the circle.
Good_Jorb at 05:26 AM JST - 12th September

Build solar crematoriums, it would be a fitting way to go in 日本.
Nessie at 09:59 AM JST - 12th September

“A cremation vessel would have many advantages,”

On the good ship, Cremlolipop

It's a sweet trip to the candyshop...
Skywards at 12:58 AM JST - 13th September

Then the sole crematorium in Nagoya ought to let the opposing residents know to arrange their funerals somewhere else, so the facility can accommodate the residents who support the crematorium.
USARonin at 04:30 AM JST - 14th September

Bodies can be used to create additional energy as they're burned in metropolitan waste furnaces.

Hey, they were only human.

Go green.

USAR