Japan Bids Farewell To Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
The ceremony was attended by PM Narendra Modi, US Vice President Kamala Harris, and Australian PM Anthony Albanese, among others.
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27 September, 2022 12:11 pm IST
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Japan honoured slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years with flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute.
The ceremony was attended by PM Narendra Modi, US Vice President Kamala Harris, and Australian PM Anthony Albanese, among others.
The state funeral started at 10.30 am after his widow, Akie Abe, entered the state funeral hall carrying an urn containing her husband’s ashes, placed in a wooden box.
The ceremony has seen public opposition over the huge costs incurred, and also because state funerals are reserved for the Imperial family. This is only the second time a politician is getting a state funeral, the last one was decades ago.
Dressed in a black kimono, Akie carried the ashes in a box covered with a decorative fabric into the Budokan venue as a 19-gun salute sounded in honour of the ex-premier.
PM Modi had on Tuesday met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida and underlined the late Japanese leader's contributions in strengthening the bilateral partnership as well as his vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.
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