A long history of absorbing outside influences has resulted in a society in which people expect to have a Shinto baptism, a pseudo-Christian wedding (usually held in a hotel  chapel  and officiated by an unordained foreigner in a robe), and a Buddhist funeral.
Outside influences have causes Japanese people to incorporate all different religions into their life.
Bucking his colleagues, Pittsburgh Medical Examiner Cyril Wecht says that multiple SIDS deaths in one family do not automatically mean murder.