Japan plans September 27 state funeral for Shinzo Abe
Friday, 22 July 2022 The ceremony will be held at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan, a large venue that has hosted concerts and sports events, and was used for Japan's last state funeral for a former prime minister in 1967.Government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said Abe's record as Japan's longest-serving prime minister, his "truly praiseworthy" achievements, and his ties with foreign leaders made a state funeral appropriate.
The assassination of Japanβs longest-serving PM, Shinzo Abe, recently, stunned the world. This was the first assassination of a public figure in pacifist Japan in over a hundred years. The world..
People in Tokyo queue with flowers to pay their final respects to Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji Temple, where a private funeral is to be held.
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Family and friends of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe gathered at a Tokyo temple Tuesday for a private funeral, as mourners outside condemned the... IndiaTimes
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