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JAPANESE TEMPLE TO OPEN CEMETERY ON THE INTERNET

In Japan it will soon be possible to be virtually dead.  A Buddhist temple
in Hiroshima plans to open a "virtual graveyard" on the Internet.  Visitors
can choose different types of electronic tombstones and include photos of
the deceased and family records on a Web page.  They can create their own
memorials in advance and leave informal wills for their families.  A monk
at the Kannonin temple said the idea came from people who live too far away
from the temple to visit, but wanted to tend family memorials and pay
respects to ancestors.