Japan commemorated its war dead in a significantly downsized government ceremony on Aug. 15, the 77th anniversary of its defeat in World War II, as the novel coronavirus continues to rage ...

According to the Cremation Society of Great Britain, 99.97 percent of the dead in Japan in 2019 were cremated. This is far higher than 39.01 percent in France, 30.68 percent in Italy and 54.58 ...