Japan's high-tech cemeteries

Japan, known for cutting-edge technology as well as ancestor worship, is merging the two with the latest in the funereal: card-activated crypts. Japan, known for cutting-edge technology as well as ancestor worship, is merging the two with the latest...

Japan, known for cutting-edge technology as well as ancestor worship, is merging the two with the latest in the funereal: card-activated crypts.

Japan, known for cutting-edge technology as well as ancestor worship, is merging the two with the latest in the funereal: card-activated crypts.

At the Kouanji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, a swipe of a card starts a conveyer system that brings the cremated remains of people to loved ones.

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