Last year, there were about 1.56 Million deaths in Japan.
The death industry knew the mass death toll was coming sooner or later but not this quickly.
The MHLW expected that this number was to reach in about 2030.
During COVID crisis, funeral directors in Japan were NOT regarded as “essential workers” so we did NOT have any privileges or even respect. We weren’t recognized much by society but after a few celebrities died from COVID and made many headlines in the news, the society realized the danger of the virus, but still, no one really understood the works of Japanese undertakers.
