Death and dying in contemporary japan

Introduction: Making One\'s Death, Dying and Disposal in Contemporary Japan Hikaru Suzuki  Part 1: Meaning of Life and Dying in Contemporary Japan  1. Death and \'The Pursuit of a Life Worth Living\' in Japan Gordon Mathews  2. Dying in Japan: In to the Hospital and Out Again? Susan Orpett Long  3. Sarariiman Suicides in Heisei Japan Sawa Kurotani  Part 2: Professionalization of Funerals  4. Working of Funeral Homes: Between Dignity of Death and Commercialism in Work for the Dead Daisuke Tanaka  5. Funeral-While-Alive as Experiential Transcendence Hikaru Suzuki  6. Contemporary Transformation of Japanese Death Ceremonies Haruyo Inoue  Part 3: New Burial Practices in Japan  7. Beyond Ancestor Worship: Continued Relationship with Significant Others Iwayumi Suzuki  8. Life Course and New Death Rites in Japan: The Loss of Comrades in the Second World War and the Choice of Ash Scattering Satsuki Kawano  9. An Anthropological Study of a Japanese Tree Burial: Environment, Kinship and Death Sebastien Boret  10. Disaster and Death in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash Christopher P. Hood  Epilogue Hikaru Suzuki