In Nagoya City, it was confirmed that the bodies of citizens who died without relatives were not cremated for more than a year. I found out that it was decided that it would be possible to finish cremation promptly.
In Nagoya City, when a person without relatives dies and there is no one to take care of the body, the ward office that has jurisdiction over the funeral is held and cremated. A total of nine cases were confirmed in which the bodies were not cremated for more than a year.
In response to this, the city of Nagoya set up a working group to consider improvement measures, but in late July it was found that the guidelines that stipulated the handling of unclaimed bodies were revised.
According to this, until now, we have checked if there are relatives, etc., and if they are found, we have confirmed with all legal heirs whether they have an intention to take over the body, but from now on, the spouse and others We will only confirm the intention of the heir with the highest order.
In that case, the response deadline will be 2 weeks, and if there is no response within the deadline, it will be considered that there is no intention to take over and the procedure will proceed. It is defined.
In addition, we will update the materials that record the progress of the work on a shared server and confirm that it is progressing appropriately with multiple staff members.
On August 10th, the city will gather the people in charge of each ward and hold a workshop to spread the word.