We hope to secure a spot for burials within the prefecture after hearing opinions from Muslim groups and inspecting facilities around the country that accept burials.

The appropriate burial method in Japan is cremation. Live (die) with it.

Bodies can be shipped anywhere around the world to suit the requirements of all cultures, creeds or fashions.

There are several cemeteries for foreigners but they are full and don't accept new ones unless the family already has a grave.

When in Rome...

Sorry, but it's the same story wherever mass Muslim immigration takes hold - rather than integrating into their host countries, they insist on reshaping the culture to fit their own. In Western nations, we've seen calls to BAN dogs in public spaces because they're deemed "unclean," and demands for Muslim-only swimming times at public pools, often at the expense of the wider community.

These aren't isolated incidents either; they're part of a broader refusal to respect the values and traditions of the countries they move to. Meanwhile, we're ALL expected to bend over backward in the name of "tolerance," while any resistance is smeared as "bigotry."

Enough is enough with the "multiculturalism" - it's cultural surrender, and open-border policies are squarely to blame for this erosion of heritage.

If I, a Catholic, die in Japan, I'll be buried at the church that I attend, by a Catholic priest.

I don't expect the local, prefectural, or national government to provide a burial space for me or anyone else in my situation.

Why can't Muslim clerics and their houses of worship do the same?

@Jay - exactly. Well said. Most Muslim countries aren't exactly accommodating when it comes to other religious and cultural practices.

Until they start being so, countries like Japan should tell them either to deal with life as it already is here, or if they don't like it, leave.

There is a Muslim population of more than 100,000 people. There are several major mosques.

Some of those people are Japanese-born and converted to Islam.

Muslims, Jews, and Christians require a burial and not cremation.

If I, a Catholic, die in Japan, I'll be buried at the church that I attend, by a Catholic priest.

I do not think so.

Japanese law requires cremations. Special exceptions are made if people have or obtain a burial site in one of the few cemeteries for foreigners. Burial sites are strictly limited. The coffin must be lead-lined.

There is Kobe Foreigners Cemetery but limited to families already with a grave.

https://jl-db.nfaj.go.jp/en/location/280120202/

A group of Muslims wish to build a new cemetery for them.

Japanese law requires cremations.

That's what I meant. My cremated remains would be interred at the church/parish cemetery.

Contrary to popular misconception, cremation is allowed in Catholicism in certain situations - one being when national law requires it.

I agree that it is more than enough with our tolerance to Muslim organisations. When I came to Japan I knew I had to adapt, not expect Japan to adapt to me.

Muslims must be able to do the same or stay in the countries where their culture is dominant. That mostly means also, the only one as they will not even think of facilitating other cultures.

There are exceptions. Bahrain and Qatar for example. Tolerant to a point.

Europe is already lost. The Muslims are taking over, village by village, street by street, city by city, country by country. And the cowardly locals only scream murder when they are personally harmed.

Orthodox Cemetery with burial – Minami Alps, Yamanashi

We are planning to build an orthodox graveyard for inhumation called “Holy Trinity”, in Minami – Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture.

https://romanianorthodoxy.jp/orthodox-cemetery-with-burial-minami-alps-yamanashi/

My Irish Catholic family is divided on the issue of cremation and burials. Some are happy with a cremation but others want a burial.

There is also the difference in cremation in Japan and the West. In the West cremation leaves an urn of fine dust. Distribution is not restricted by law. In Japan, cremation is a 5kg urn of bones and the Law restricts what can be done with it.

Last month we took two urns of family members to the family grave in Fuji.

The most intolerance among us, demand the most tolerance.