The bodies of Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will be cremated once they die, a historic change from burial under the earth that has lasted for about 350 years since the early Edo period for the Emperors, Imperial Household Agency chief Noriyuki Kazaoka said Thursday.
The agency also decided to make their mausoleums smaller than those of the previous Japanese Emperors and Empresses, Kazaoka said at a press conference.The agency had considered how to change the funeral rites since April last year after the Emperor and Empress expressed their wish that cremation is preferable.
Source: NewsOnJapan
Source: NewsOnJapan
