TOKYO -- Foreign residents in Japan continue to face serious obstacles when trying to bury their loved ones. As cremation remains the standard practice in the country, those whose religious beliefs require burial find it increasingly difficult to secure cemeteries that permit interment.
Japan immigration
Burial woes deepen for Japan's elderly foreign residents
Local opposition to interment remains strong in the land of cremation
Honjo Kodama Cemetery in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, is one of the few private cemeteries in Japan that allow burials. (Photo by Utako Kawakami)
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