Tuesday, Sep 27 10:00 (JST) What to expect from the state funeral Thousands are gathering in Tokyo to pay their respects to Japan's longest-serving leader, slain former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo ...

The state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will cost an estimated 1.66 billion yen ($11.9 million), including security expenses, in taxpayer money, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu ...

Shinzo Abe was the longest-serving prime minister ... In a break with tradition, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida intends to hold a state funeral for Abe this autumn. But from his explanations to ...

Two months after he announced a state funeral would be held for Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida belatedly stated his case for the decision at the Diet on Sept. 8. His remarks were ...

An estimated 4,000 people protested around the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 31, demanding the government scrap its plan to hold a state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

As former PM Abe Shinzo’s state funeral – Japan’s first in 55 years – inches closer, more and more Japanese are turning against the idea. Japan bid farewell to former Prime Minister Abe ...

Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty was one of many that attended Japan’s assassinated former leader, Shinzo Abe's, state funeral. Man charged with chasing tow truck driver News / Jan 17, 2025 / 06 ...

A government report outlining the opinions of scholars and others over its handling of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral in September confirmed what the public already knew ...

The state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took place on Sept. 27, attended by more than 4,000 people from Japan and abroad. At the venue, many people started arriving from the early ...

19 who demanded the government scrap the state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. According to the organizers, around 13,000 people gathered at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo’s Shibuya ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida broke with security protocols and named some of the foreign leaders who will attend the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sept. 27. Although the ...

WASHINGTON--Japan and the United States are preparing to have Vice President Kamala Harris attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in September, according to diplomatic ...