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Indoor graveyard in Japan
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-12 16:13 ![]() Shinya Shimada prays in front of a modern tomb equipped with digital photos and robotic tombstone and urn retrieval at an indoor graveyard in Yokohama, south of Tokyo August 10, 2008. In one of the world's fastest ageing societies, Japanese seniors are worrying about a life-and-death issue: finding an "after-life" home in an island short of land. For some, going high-tech is the solution. Picture taken August 10, 2008. [Agencies]
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