Apparently the life review does not happen in Japanese and Indigenous cultures. Dr. Gregory Shushan, points out some fascinating similarities and differences in NDEs across cultures and times. His books include "The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife," "Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions," and "Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations"

Timecodes:
0:00 - Episode Teaser
2:20 – Studying Indigenous NDEs
4:04 – Academia’s Resistance to NDE Research
6:23 – Ancient NDEs vs. Modern Cases
7:44 – Shared NDE Elements Across Cultures
10:46 – Roads vs. Tunnels in Indigenous NDEs
13:44 – Why Tribal Cultures Lack Life Reviews
16:32 – Do Materialist Theories Hold Up?
18:33 – Community vs. Individual Focus in NDEs
21:13 – Hindu & Vedic Near-Death Experiences
24:48 – Yogic Enlightenment & Ancient NDEs
26:40 – NDEs and Native American Movements
28:39 – Psychedelics and Afterlife Journeys
31:32 – Why NDE Messages Are Positive
32:20 – Why African Cultures Feared “Returners”
35:22 – The Universal Point of No Return
38:07 – Earliest Recorded NDEs in History
41:22 – Pre-Buddhist Chinese NDE Beings
43:06 – Buddhist Texts on the Afterlife
45:25 – Reincarnation Across Cultures
49:31 – Children’s Past-Life NDE Memories
53:21 – Afterlife Beliefs as Social Control
56:55 – Negative NDEs and Their Causes
1:01:01 – Are Afterlife Beliefs Based on NDEs?
1:07:13 – Archaeology Changing Human History
1:10:59 – Science & Spirituality Converging