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Japan’s cut-price morgues cash in on legal loopholes as lonely deaths rise

Unregulated companies are running a brisk trade across Japan storing and disposing unclaimed corpses, with a recent report revealing how such “cut-price morgues” are cashing in on legal loopholes to discard the nation’s dead. The business has shed light on the growing number of “lonely deaths” of elderly Japanese as the traditional nuclear family fades. Some industry insiders have expressed shock…

Japan’s cut-price morgues cash in on legal loopholes as lonely deaths rise

We haven't written up this one. South China Morning Post has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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