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For years I've had questions about why the ghost lore of Europe/North America portrays ghosts in a very differnt way than Asian ghost lore portrays their spooks.

Western ghosts rarely are supposed to be able to hurt and touch the living. Asian ghosts can mimic the living and create complicated situations. Japanese ghosts are quite dangerous. As a rule Asian funerals aim to soothe the spirit of the deceased and get it to move on to the next world and leave its family alone.