Japan to hold Shinzo Abe's state funeral on September 27
19 May 2024
TOKYO: The Japanese government has scheduled the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for September 27, local media reported on Friday.
The ceremony will take place at the Nippon Budokan arena in the Kitanomaru National Garden in Tokyo, the Kyodo news agency reported.
Notably, the last time the country held a state funeral for a national leader was in 1967 for former prime minister Shigeru Yoshida.
Abe was shot on July 8 in the Japanese city of Nara during his campaign speech. Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, approached the politician from behind and fired two shots from a distance of about...
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