{
  "id": 15953320,
  "title": "Japan's expensive funerals and declining birthrates are transforming ancestral traditions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/japans-expensive-funerals-and-declining-birthrates-are-transforming",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-21T20:40:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-japan-expensive-funerals-declining-birthrates.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Whenever I drive amid the mazelike bustle of Tokyo's Shuto Expressway, where approximately 1 million vehicles transit daily, I see billboard advertisements for all manner of businesses: dentists, hotels, car and tire companies, and affordable funerals. Lots and lots of funerals.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}