Amazon Japan has started offering a monk dispatch service, where a Buddhist holy man is sent to conduct memorial services for you.
The service starts at a flat ¥35,000 (about $285) anywhere ...
Japan faces a chronic aging problem: ,ore than a quarter of the population is over 65. There are now so many older citizens that the government won't give silver cups to newbie centenarian ...
Though this may sound just like another of those "Wacky Japan" stories, there's something more tender and profound at work here.
With its chronically aging population and declining birth rate, ...