[HIGHLIGHTS] More than 20,000 cremations were performed by the government last fiscal year in municipalities with a population of 100,000 or more in the metropolitan area

More than 20,000 cremations were performed by the government last fiscal year in Tokyo. This means that approximately one in 15 people who died in a year was cremated.

Tokyo has the highest rate at 8.3%, followed by Kanagawa at 6.9% and Chiba at 4.9%. In Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, the number of cremations reached 271 last year. In many cases, funerals are not held, and the body is cremated at a funeral hall in the city.