In Japan, beloved pets receive human-style farewells
On a quiet weekday in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward in spring 2023, a discreet white van pulled up to an apartment. Inside, Jordain Haley, an American-born product manager, and her ex-girlfriend, British-born education consultant Margaret Jane, mourn the pet the two had jointly owned: a small gray rabbit named Megalodon. Jane, who was out of town…