The future of Japan's death industry appears to be gleaming

The future of Japan's death industry appears to be gleaming

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Shinjuku-ku, Japan. Photo: Arol Vinolas/unsplash

Norihisa Tomiyasu opened his first mortuary in 1997 aiming to clean up a profession he says deserved its bad reputation for exploiting people’s grief and overcharging them at some of the most fraught moments of their lives.

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