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Japan to regulate lodging houses converted to morgues The so-called corpse hotels were set up without getting the understanding of the local community. Wednesday, April 21, 2021 12:47 PM UTC Experts in Japan are now calling for legislative action to regulate the emergence of the corpse hotel business that left local governments struggling to respond to the uproar from residents The emergence of the business was deemed a consequence of the country's aging population. However, the so-called corpse hotels were set up without getti...
Lodging houses used as morgues in Japan create unease among residents Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ One private residence in Osaka, licensed to take in lodgers, has been used as a temporary storage facility for dead bodies. | KYODO Kyodo Apr 20, 2021 Osaka – In a quiet residential neighborhood of southern Osaka, the transition of a private house licensed to take in lodgers into a so-called corpse hotel has left locals up in arms. “The corpse was ...
Lodging houses used as morgues create unease among residents Today 06:00 am JST Today | 06:39 am JST OSAKA In a quiet residential neighborhood of southern Osaka, the transition of a private house licensed to take in lodgers into a so-called "corpse hotel" has left locals up in arms. "The corpse was carried in wrapped in a cloth," a local man in his 70s recently explained as he recounted his astonishment at seeing a body arrive last December at the house with its dingy and blackened walls in the Sumiyoshi Ward district of the city. "I could see it being laid out in the garde...