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Japanese Funeral Home Offers New Way To Meditate: Inside A Coffin
People in Japan are seeking refuge inside coffins, not for funerals but as a form of meditation. It began as a simple, unusual idea by a funeral home in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and has now turned into a popular wellness trend.
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Train Stationmaster Cat 'Nitama' Dies In Japan, More Than 500 Attend Funeral
Nitama, who oversaw the Kishigawa Line operated by Wakayama Electric Railway Co., passed away on November 20 at the age of 15.
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From Missouri To Gaza: The Global Grief Of Families With Missing Loved Ones
Ambiguous loss can be intimate or global, as in the cases of the missing from the September 11 attacks, tsunamis in the Indian Ocean and Japan, the Turkey-Syria earthquake, the Israel-Hamas war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Japanese Man, 56, Hides Father's Body In Wardrobe For 2 Years To Evade Funeral Costs
A 56-year-old Japanese man hid his father's body in a wardrobe at his home for two years to avoid funeral costs after his death in January 2023.
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Love Motel Converted To Funeral Home In Japan Amid Population Crisis: "Metaphor Of Decline"
Reactions poured in from social media users who described the building as a metaphor for Japan's demographic crisis.
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What Visitors Get To Do At 'Coffin Cafe' At Japan Funeral Home
A funeral home in Japan has introduced a unique "coffin cafe", allowing visitors to lie in caskets and reflect on life and death.
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Shinzo Abe A 'Phenomenal' Friend Of India: PM Modi's Tribute To Japan Ex-PM
Shinzo Abe "was a great leader, a phenomenal individual and someone who believed in India-Japan friendship", Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled while offering tribute to Shinzo Abe.
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PM Modi, In Japan For Shinzo Abe's Funeral, Meets Counterpart Fumio Kishida
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he had a fruitful meeting with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida and conveyed his deepest condolences over the tragic death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Watch: PM Modi's Homage To Shinzo Abe, World Leaders At State Funeral
Mr Abe was shot dead while making a campaign speech three months back in the southern Japanese city of Nara.
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PM Modi, In Japan For Shinzo Abe's Funeral, Meets PM Fumio Kishida
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida here and conveyed his deepest condolences over the sudden demise of former prime minister Shinzo Abe.
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Japanese Funeral Home Offers New Way To Meditate: Inside A Coffin
People in Japan are seeking refuge inside coffins, not for funerals but as a form of meditation. It began as a simple, unusual idea by a funeral home in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and has now turned into a popular wellness trend.
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Train Stationmaster Cat 'Nitama' Dies In Japan, More Than 500 Attend Funeral
Nitama, who oversaw the Kishigawa Line operated by Wakayama Electric Railway Co., passed away on November 20 at the age of 15.
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From Missouri To Gaza: The Global Grief Of Families With Missing Loved Ones
Ambiguous loss can be intimate or global, as in the cases of the missing from the September 11 attacks, tsunamis in the Indian Ocean and Japan, the Turkey-Syria earthquake, the Israel-Hamas war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Japanese Man, 56, Hides Father's Body In Wardrobe For 2 Years To Evade Funeral Costs
A 56-year-old Japanese man hid his father's body in a wardrobe at his home for two years to avoid funeral costs after his death in January 2023.
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Love Motel Converted To Funeral Home In Japan Amid Population Crisis: "Metaphor Of Decline"
Reactions poured in from social media users who described the building as a metaphor for Japan's demographic crisis.
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What Visitors Get To Do At 'Coffin Cafe' At Japan Funeral Home
A funeral home in Japan has introduced a unique "coffin cafe", allowing visitors to lie in caskets and reflect on life and death.
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Shinzo Abe A 'Phenomenal' Friend Of India: PM Modi's Tribute To Japan Ex-PM
Shinzo Abe "was a great leader, a phenomenal individual and someone who believed in India-Japan friendship", Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled while offering tribute to Shinzo Abe.
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PM Modi, In Japan For Shinzo Abe's Funeral, Meets Counterpart Fumio Kishida
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he had a fruitful meeting with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida and conveyed his deepest condolences over the tragic death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Watch: PM Modi's Homage To Shinzo Abe, World Leaders At State Funeral
Mr Abe was shot dead while making a campaign speech three months back in the southern Japanese city of Nara.
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PM Modi, In Japan For Shinzo Abe's Funeral, Meets PM Fumio Kishida
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida here and conveyed his deepest condolences over the sudden demise of former prime minister Shinzo Abe.
