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• Number of crematoria: 1,600 (in 1999)

• Notes on the number of crematoria:
  1. In 1999 there were 7,487 crematoria in Japan. Among these only approximately 1,600 were conducting one or more cremations a year and were operating with three basic elements, i.e. a building, a cremator and air exhaustion equipment. Most of the remaining crematoria were open-field crematoria, where cremation was conducted with natural materials.
  2. In 2000 approximately 25 crematoria were newly constructed at:
     • Asahikawa City
     • Nikko Region Union
     • Onokato Region Union
     • Sibukawa Region Union
     • Tagawa Region Union
     • Tokyo-hakuzen Company Otiai Branch
       & 19 other locations

Cremation Organisation:

Japan Society of Environmental Crematory,
Nihon Kankyo Saien Kyokai,
Kosuge Building 4F,
Miyamoto-cho 6-3,
Kawasaki-ku,
Kawasaki-City,
Japan.

President:

Mr Hideo Miura

Secretary:

Mr Akira Shimazaki

Treasurer:

Mr Kojiro Nakayama

Date of foundation:

1972

Number of members:

Honorary members: 6
Enterprise members: 45
Municipal members: 42
Scientific members: 3

Name of journal:

Kankyo Saien (Journal of Environmental Crematory)

Date of foundation:

1981

Published:

quarterly

Circulation:

1,200

Editor:

Mr Akira Shimazaki,