My father died from heatstroke, Need advice.

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1. Condolences. Do you have any other family members in Japan? Is there a Japanese consulate nearby you could contact?

2. I’m sorry for the loss…. This showed up on my feed. Do you have anyone who can go with you who might know?

3. Call your regional Embassy of Japan and also find out if any of your relatives speak English, I’m sure they will help you.
   Having a Japanese passport will make this easier for you and I’m sorry about your father.
   If you have it definitely bring your koseki tohon and all identification documents for Japan and the country you’re living in.

4. My condolences, if your Japanese is good enough, this site lists the major paperwork steps (excluding organizing a funeral, if you plan to hold one):
   https://www.moneypost.jp/501296

5. I’m so sorry for your loss. Don’t worry about the logistics. The company where your dad worked at should be able to guide you. If not the company at an official capacity, his colleagues will know.

6. Condolences. May he rest in peace. Contact your embassy for guide. Also, when you get to Japan, Yokohama city office can also guide you through the whole process. Sorry, I don’t have experience but I live in Atsugi, not to far from Yokohama if you need somewhere to stay for few days because I can imagine how a trip like this could be. That’s the only support I can offer at the moment. Hope you get through this.

7. Sorry I cannot be more helpful, but you have my condolences.

8. I assume death during work. Contact a lawyer. Heat stroke for workers is easily preventable, and easily proven if not. Usually.

   Sorry for your loss. Keep your chin up.

9. Condolences. Make sure you get a copy of the death certificate and circumstances. Always assume the worst. The company may be trying to wash their hands of culpability. If it happened during work hours they are responsible.

10. Consider contacting JAL or ANA airlines, they have bereavement support services for airline tickets.

11. My best friend passed away a few months ago and similar to you, I had no idea what to do and my conversational Japanese is not high level. Her family, in preparation to fly out here found a business in the Tokyo/Kanagawa area that essentially does death translation for foreigners. This guy was AMAZING. Walked us through every step of the process and handled all necessary arrangements. Can PM you his contact info if you’d like.

    And my sincerest condolences to you.

12. You have to notify/file the death to the local city office within the 7 days of you knowing the fact.(if you hire a funeral company, I think they will take care of those filing)

    https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/lang/residents/en/notifications/

    You will need to bring a confirmation of death issued by the hospital where he was taken to.

    It’s common in Japan to hire a funeral company to take care of ordering a coffin, dry ice, etc, and carry his body from hospital to his house until the day of cremation.

    What you need to do is call the hospital, maybe get the death confirmation online if possible, and email it to the city hall.

    If your father was renting an apartment, you need to notify them and stop renting. You also need to stop utilities like water(the city hall), gas company, electricity company, phone, Wifi, NHK (if paying), etc.

    https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/lang/residents/en/

    I think it’s easier for you to hire a funeral company. The cost seems to be up to ¥200000 or so including coffin, transportation of the body. But that depends on the company.

    There are 5 cremation sites run by Yokohama city, cremation cost is ¥12000 for the city residents, ¥50000 for non-Yokohama residents.

    ① Celemony House (phone: Yokohama 044-366-0502)
    https://ceremonyhouse.info/yokohama-lp/?glnw=g&glad=705202734868&glpm=&glkw=%E6%A8%AA%E6%B5%9C%20%E7%81%AB%E8%91%AC&glti=kwd-318259871470&gllc=9195671&glmt=p&glfi=&gldv=m&gldm=&glcp=21451573343&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shutoken_area&utm_term=%E6%A8%AA%E6%B5%9C%20%E7%81%AB%E8%91%AC&matchtype=p&network=g&device=m&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAACpSXtrr0trtJii5j5ztKLELm0PI8&gclid=EAIaIQobChMItczJy9rVhwMVL9UWBR305zvxEAAYASAAEgLno_D_BwE

    ②Sougi soudan center (Yokohama city Tozuka ward)
    https://www.sougisearch.com/kanagawa/lp/totsuka-saijyou/?utm_sorce=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=%E6%88%B8%E5%A1%9A%E6%96%8E%E5%A0%B4&matchtype=b&device=m&network=g&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADltB7qzkAe5QS9aWylkm_9U6bFcv&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImqON-9vVhwMVNxF7Bx0WEAOOEAAYAiAAEgKBTfD_BwE

    But you better ask your father’s company for help first.

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