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Procedures & Funeral Arrangement after Losing a Family Member
Trámites y funerales al fallecer un miembro de la familia.

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How do we go through the public procedures?

¿Qué hay que hacer en estos momentos de tristeza?
¿Cómo se hacen los trámites oficiales?

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A sudden death in the family can bring bottomless grief. At the same time though, we must go through anumber of required public procedures and arrange a funeral. Traditionally in Japan, relatives or local residents
made these arrangements for the bereaved family. Nowadays, almost all families ask funeral directors to holdfunerals and take care of other procedures on their own, so it is important to know what you have to do in thecase the unthinkable happens. The flow of procedures and arrangements are described below.
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Death Confirmation
(inhospital, house or elsewhere)Choose a funeral director.
In the case of death by illness, receive a “Death Certificate” from the doctor.
In the case of death due to an accident or other cause, receive a “Postmortem Certificate” from apolice surgeon
 Make copies of the Death Certificate and the Postmortem Certificate You will need them later.
     Half of the Death Certificate and the Postmortem Certificate is a“Death Notification”form.
Fill in the “Death Notification,”submit it to the ward office,and receive a “Warrant of Cremation.”    You can ask the funeral director to take care of thisprocedure at your ward office.
Death Notificationaccepted anytime   Contact family, relatives, friends and acquaintances.
Submit within 7 days of the date ofdeathFamily, relatives and those who lived
 with the deceased need to register.
Preparations
 Funeral  Your personal seal (Inkan) isrequired.
   Decide a chief mourner   Discuss the wake and funeral, date, time, place and    style with the funeral director.
It is especially important to discuss fee in detail   Inform relatives, acquaintances and related parties of    the funeral date.
 Wake 

If the deceased person was covered by
the National Health Insurance Plan,50,000 yen will be provided as funeralaid.
Please make an inquiry at theinsurance and pension department inyour ward.

What is a wake?
  
Relatives and those closest to the   Preparation for a funeral deceased    gather the night before
the funeral and pray for the repose   Holding a funeral of the deceased's soul.
      Funeral /    Memorial Service Preparation for the funeral and memorial serviceHolding the funeral and a memorial service        Funeral Procession /Cremation
Submit a “Warrant of Cremation” at thecrematory, and receive a “Warrant of Burial.”
Receive the ashes of the deceased.