“Across Japan, Buddhism faces a confluence of problems, some familiar to religions in other wealthy nations, others unique to the faith here.”
“According to a 2007 report by the Japan Consumers’ Association, the average cost of a funeral, excluding the cemetery plot, was $21,500, of which $5,100 covered services performed by a Buddhist priest.”
I have no idea how much, if anything, one must pay a Catholic priest for a funeral mass but it surely cant be that expensive!
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