FEATURE: Embalming provides dignity for aging Japan's beloved

FEATURE: Embalming provides dignity for aging Japan's beloved

Around 20 students hear a lecture at the Japan College of Humanceremony, the country's only institution to train embalmers, in Hiratsuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on June 8, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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