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 ...

A state funeral will be held for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this autumn, which will be only the second for a former prime minister since the end of World War II. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ...

Some opposition party leaders skipped the Sept. 27 state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and those who did attend raised questions about the decision-making process for the event.

A top government spokesman said the cost of the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came in at “around the level of 1.25 billion yen ($8.4 million),” 400 million yen less than ...

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 film featuring a protagonist modeled on Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the slaying of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is scheduled to be screened on the day of Abe’s state funeral. Sure to ...

On July 8, 2022, in Nara, Japan, Shinzo Abe was shot twice with a homemade shotgun by Tetsuya Yamagami. Despite Abe’s ...

Comments from Abe Shinzo and his widow Abe Akie suggest that they saw cowardice lurking behind Trump’s bravado.

July 8 will mark two years since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed while ... with a wake, a funeral service, a state funeral and a Yamaguchi prefectural funeral.