It might be worth considering using a framework, such as health insurance, to ensure everyone receives a minimum amount for funeral services, equivalent to the funeral assistance amount of around ¥210,000.
Tadayoshi Suzuki, a professor of social welfare at Nagano University. The number of publicly funded funerals around Japan for financially destitute individuals or unclaimed bodies exceeded 50,000 in fiscal 2022 for the first time, according to the welfare ministry.
Source: japantoday.com
