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FOCUS: Ex-Nurse Passes On JAL Crash Practice of Caring for Deceased

FOCUS: Ex-Nurse Passes On JAL Crash Practice of Caring for Deceased
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A former nurse reflects on her experience caring for victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines crash, highlighting the practice of 'seitai' to restore dignity to the deceased. This tradition of respectful body arrangement continues to be passed down to new generations.

Tokyo, Aug. 16 (Jiji Press)--Fumiko Yamamoto still vividly remembers the moment she entered a gymnasium-turned-morgue as a nurse in the aftermath of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash.

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