NAGOYA (The Japan Times/ANN): Funeral operators in Japan have recently been offering online services for bereaved families to mourn their loved ones remotely, amid government calls to reduce person-to-person contact to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Nishida Sougisha, a funeral parlour in Nagoya is using a videoconferencing app to allow mourners to participate in services.“We want people to utilise our services so as not to become estranged from others .”
In early April, Tokyo, Saitama and five other prefectures were under an initial state of emergency declared by the government due to an alarming rise in infections. The state of emergency was later expanded to cover all of Japan. “People may be wondering whether it’s right to invite relatives at a time when we have been asked to refrain from going out, ” said executive director Yuki Nishida, 42.
A screen can also be set up to project images of the online mourners, who can say their final farewells near the casket.
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