At 11:57 PM 6/14/98 +0900, YN2 Rob Barba wrote:

At 09:37 AM 6/14/98 -0400, Nick Leifker wrote:

On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Caroline Ann Seawright wrote:

Cremation, I believe, is common.

Actually, if I recall correctly, it's the law in Japan.  No more burials.

Depends on the region of Japan.  If you're referring to the Kanto plain
(the Tokyo/Yokohama area), then yes.  If you're talking say, northern
Hokkaido, then it's an entirely different set of rules.  

Of course, going by what we see in anime (which *can* be dangerous), by
2032 they will allow burials again.

In "Bubblegum Crisis 2" (made ~1986, set 2032), a character dies and we see
the grave - it's a standard personal tombstone in a typical Western-type
graveyard, not a family shrine where the ashes are interred. (we see this
location again in BGC 7 (made ~1989, set 2033), and they haven't changed it
to a shrine)

In "Bubblegum Crash" (made in ~1990, set in 2034), a character living in
the Tokyo region dies and we see the funeral. Full-sized casket, standard
casket burial. The funeral is in Tokyo, because one of the people at the
funeral is at a location in MegaTokyo later that day.


No, this doesn't help, I know, but it makes me wonder when they changed the
law to outlaw burials?



Jeanne Hedge



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