In an Osaka neighborhood long known as a home for day laborers, elderly residents with no family to rely on are arranging their funerals in advance -- and making sure they are there to see one another off."Why did you have to leave us so soon?" a man said to the altar at a funeral in late May, where about 45 people gathered at a community center in the western Japan city's Nishinari Ward.As mourners wept, they placed white chrysanthemums on the coffin, bidding farewell to a fellow member of the Kamagasaki Miokuri no Kai, or Kamagasaki Send-off Association.The volunteer group was formed in t…READ FULL ARTICLE
