As Japan faces rapid aging, low fertility, and a rise in solo living, traditional family-managed deathcare is collapsing. 1/2
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As Japan faces rapid aging, low fertility, and a rise in solo living, traditional family-managed deathcare is collapsing. 1/2
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Anne Allison explores the proliferation of shūkatsu (anticipatory end-of-life planning) and high-tech urban columbaria—and how a society without kin is radically redesigning death, mourning, and social bonds. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a... 2/2