The company based in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, offered a preview of its facility on Friday, 2 days before its formal opening.
The service is designed to allow elderly and disabled mourners to say their farewells without getting out of their cars.
Funeral attendees would pull up to a window, write their name and address on a tablet computer, and hand over customary condolence money.
They would also be able to pay their last respects by offering incense and prayers toward an altar.
Visitors are to be shown on a screen in the venue so that hosts and other attendees can see them.
Company president Masao Ogiwara said he hopes the service will allow those with disabilities or limited mobility to attend funerals. He added that he wants to improve the service as needed.
Temperatures rose further across Japan excluding northern regions on Wednesday, exceeding 40 degrees Celsius for the first time in five years, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (Jiji) 
The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Wednesday passed into law a bill to strengthen restrictions on smoking in public places in the fight against secondhand smoke. (Jiji) 
The schedule for the Tokyo Olympics has been broadly determined. Starting times of the marathon and other races along roads were moved forward in view of the hot summer weather.
(NHK) 
The head of the International Monetary Fund says economic growth has started slowing in Japan and the euro zone.
(NHK) 
Japan's Diet has enacted legislation to reform the electoral system, including the addition of six seats to the 242-seat Upper House.
(NHK) 
The number of foreign tourists who visited Japan in the first half of this year hit a record high for the period.
(NHK) 
The International Olympic Committee and organizing committee for the Tokyo Games failed to agree on what time the swimming finals will be held.
(NHK) 
Prominent Japanese stage director Keita Asari died of malignant lymphoma in a Tokyo hospital on Friday. He was 85. (Jiji) 
More than a week after torrential rains in western Japan triggered landslides and flooding, over 200 people are dead and 16 are still missing.
(NHK) 
A 36-year-old Filipino man arrested last year admitted Tuesday to raping and murdering a female university student in eastern Japan in January 2004. (Japan Today)