"The ¥1.8 trillion funeral industry is expanding as Japan's population ages faster than any other nation"
Everybody wants to get into the action
By FINBARR FLYNN and KANA NISHIZAWA
Bloomberg
The Japan Times: Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/nn20091022n1.html
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