TOKYO (Reuters) - Rows of wooden mortuary tablets inscribed with names line an altar at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, silent testimony to Vietnamese people who died after coming to Japan to work or study.
"Whenever I am contacted about a death, I can speak only two words: 'Why?' and 'Again?'" said Thich Tam Tri, a Vietnamese Buddhist nun who has been counselling migrants from her home country after arriving almost two decades ago.
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