In Japan, they believe in life after death and see dead bodies as still alive and so treat them as such, ensuring the bodies safe return home, ensuring all body parts are intact etc. Many Japanese and Eastern Asian youth are brought up to respect death and to not make fun of it like many western youth do, being taught about death from an early age. There is even a three-day holiday in Japan where the dead are remembered, fires are lit, graves are cleaned and the spirits are believed to return to the family. Even the colour symbolism is different as in China, white is the colour of mourning and not black.

This shows a contrast in the level of respect that cultures in Eastern Asia have compared to the western world.

Their news sites also look different. There is little talk about death on the front pages of their news sites for example the Japan Times, there is no mention. There is also only one mention of death in their crime and legal section.