Watch: Modern cemeteries in Japan use QR codes, automated machinery to store ashes of the deceased
Visitors scan their ID cards to call up a loved one’s ashes at this futuristic cemetery in Tokyo.
QR codes and cranes.
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Masayo Isurugi settles into a booth in a Tokyo building, scans an ID card and waits for an automated system to deliver her husband's ashes.
More people in Japan are breaking with traditions on burial and choosing modern cemeterieshttps://t.co/QEWpdSEoTs pic.twitter.com/txF7BnsfxF
