Quake left too many dead to cremate
(NEWSER) - Thanks to the earthquake, the Japanese have been forced to do a lot of something they usually avoid at all costs: burying their dead. Japan’s Buddhist traditions dictate that bodies should be cremated, and the ashes stored in family tombs; burial is outright illegal in many places. But with the death toll expected to climb to more than 20,000, and kerosene in short supply, there are simply too many bodies to burn, Reuters reports. More»
