japan:city governments raiding remains of dead for precious metals


	japan:city governments raiding remains of dead for precious metals

doodleicious

1-25-2009 5:47 PM

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doodleicious says:

this went on to say tokyo collected 700grams of gold,500grams of palladium and 1.9kg of silver from cremated bodies in the year 2007-adding Y3.2 million to the cities bank accoutn- the city also banked around Y90,000 in coins left as offerings inside of coffins-this has been going on for some 20 odd years- though some cities are stopping the culling of these monies -as being disrespectful to the dead-
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1-26-2009 7:57 PM

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