Will Having Pre-funerals be a Good Disruptor to the Funeral Industry?

葬儀・葬送ビジネス及びマーケティング」ポッドキャスト シーズン5 エピソード201:生前葬で突破口を開けるか?

This podcast is created using NotebookLM.Google.com by feeding jFuneral Podcast S5 Episode 201.
このポッドキャストはGoogle NotebookLMを利用して英語版を作りました。
下記の記述はすべてGoogleにより要約です。
登場人物はGoogle NotebookLM のAIです。
AIで作らせているので一部の文言(日本語)の発音がおかしいところがありますがご了承願います。

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エピソード情報:

  • 公開日: 2024年10月15日

はじめに:

  • ポッドキャストの自己紹介と今回のテーマ「生前葬で突破口を開けるか?」についての導入。
  • 葬儀屋が提供できるサービスは終活サポートに限定され、割賦販売の制限によりビジネス展開が難しい現状を指摘。
  • 生前葬の可能性を探る。

生前葬に対するイメージの変遷:

  • 2022年の調査では生前葬に否定的なイメージを持つ人が30.7%いたが、近年の葬儀の民主化や著名人の生前葬実施により、状況は変化していると推測。
  • AIによる推測では、現在では肯定的なイメージを持つ人が40〜45%に増加している可能性を提示。
  • イメージ改善の要因として、終活への関心向上、個性的な葬儀スタイルの普及、メディア露出の増加などを挙げる。
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Podcast in English 20210701 Old Age and Economy –Deep Dive of FCCJ

Hello everyone, today is July 1st, 2021.

My name is Yuusuke Wada, probably the only funeral business podcaster in Japan and also a death industry consultant. I am also the Researcher of the Reform of Death and I prepare for the End of Life Journey.

Podcast No. 29 of YEYSHONAN, a weekly podcast in English.
Sorry, I am one day late for the weekly podcast.

Last week I was at the funeral trade show in Yokohama. It was better that I imagined.
I’ll talk about this in a different episode.

The ONLY Funeral Business Podcaster in Japan

This morning, I was at The Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (FCCJ) for an event called the Deep Dive, which is a task force organized by ex-presidents of FCCJ and a few members including myself.  The topic was Japan’s economic recovery trajectory.

The panelists were Mr. Paul Sheard who is the research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School,  Mr.  Naoyuki Yoshino at professor at Keio, and Mr. Jesper Koll who is a venture capitalist, moderated by Mr. Anthony Rowley of Asia Economic.

From left, Prof. Yoshino, Mr. Anthony Rowley, Mr. Jesper Koll, and attending from NY, Mr. Paul Sheard on screen.

One of the issues discussed was that the old aged society is pulling our legs in the workforce. These government expenditures on welfare could be put to a better use.  The idea of prolonging the retirement age and wages based on productivity should precede seniority in the company.

The workforce in Japan switches jobs due to NOT the enhancement of their careers but due to human relationships at work, such as not liking the Bucho or Kacho at all. These are all negative impacts. The engineers are in silos and do not go out meeting others.

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