two articles, "at the end of life in Japan"

Not meant to be morbid, these anthropology short articles document changing social life now in Japan.

The topic and discussion could be suitable for students looking at social relationships and changing life there.

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Colleague Yohko Tsuji has published an article on the Anthropology-News blog about cultural and social developments in the care of the dead in Japan (cemetery decisions), https://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2020/08/13/changing-mortuary-practices-in-japan/

This nicely complements her 2014 article on the blog for Society for East Asia Anthropology concerning funeral practices. http://seaa.americananthro.org/2014/04/evolving-funerals-in-japan/