A 120-year-old funeral home in Japan has introduced a unique “coffin cafe” service where visitors can experience lying in a casket to reflect on life and death. The funeral home, Kajiya honten ...

JAPAN: An unconventional ‘coffin-lying’ service is attracting youth to Japan’s funeral homes, offering a stark, introspective experience that blends mortality with modern-day reflection.

He said that people approach this experience differently, as some people want to close the coffin lid for a “few minutes to contemplate how they’d like to live before their time comes”, Hirano said.

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A 60-year-old American tourist was found "beaten to death" at a lavish five-star hotel in Ireland, police said. According to a release from Ireland’s national police and security service, Garda ...

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BRIDPORT, Vermont (WPTZ) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking the public to help track down the person or people responsible for killing a bald eagle in Addison County last month ...

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