By KAE MORISHITA/ Staff Writer
October 23, 2023 at 18:45 JST
A joint memorial service for unrelated individuals is held once a year at a cemetery in Moroyama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 18. (Provided by Tokyo Fukushi Kai)
The number of publicly funded funerals around Japan for financially destitute individuals or unclaimed bodies exceeded 50,000 in fiscal 2022 for the first time, the welfare ministry said. [Read More]
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