Burial of quake, tsunami victims

Burial of quake, tsunami victims

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces carry the coffin of a victim in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011. Although cremation is customary in Japan, many quake-hit cities have decided to bury victims, with their families' consent, due to the high number of people killed in the March 11 disaster and a shortage of fuel to cremate them.

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