X-Message-Number: 13631 From: Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:38:22 EDT Subject: cryonics community for non-us There are two issues to consider... political stability of the country (as well as medical facilities) and most important the problem of countries like Japan in which a body can be held for weeks before it is released from the country. Immigration is a good idea, but you are correct. It took my wife 2 years to get her green card - - we were separated for 4 months between Philadelphia and Tokyo due to an administrative mess up and I am a US born citizen ! Orthodox Jews as you know MUST be burried within 24 hours of death and traditional Jews do not allow for autopsies or embalming. If someone were to contact the Jewish community in Japan, it would be interesting to find out how they deal with that situation. - - Also, as I mentioned in a private letter, if the embalming law is prefectural, there may be ways around it. If you are SERIOUS, I would research the law in all prefectures, by merely picking up the phone and using your Japanese skills. I'm very concerned about this because I'd rather be living in Japan ! Ed Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13631