东京正在考虑建设若干小型公共火葬场，因为人们对在老龄化社会中满足火葬需求的担忧日益增加，同时火葬费用也在上涨。在日本，99.97%的人选择火葬。
Tokyo is looking into constructing several small public crematoria, as concerns have emerged over meeting demand for cremations in an aging population, along with the increasing price of the procedure. In Japan, 99.97% of people are cremated.
周三，东京都政府的火葬场探索委员会（主要由东京都区和市长组成）讨论了此事，旨在于明年3月底前编制报告。
“由于老龄化导致的高死亡率，火葬需求将绝对增加，”委员会报告称。
On Wednesday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s exploratory committee on crematoria, made up mostly of Tokyo ward and city mayors, discussed the matter with the aim of compiling a report by the end of next March.“The demand for cremations will absolutely increase due to a high mortality rate that comes from having an aging population,” the committee reported.
“所有地方政府必须探索具体途径以满足这一更高的火葬场需求。”}
“All local governments must explore concrete ways to meet this greater crematorium demand.”