Japan to hold state funeral for ex-PM Abe on Sept 27

Record ID: 1690790

  • Title: Japan to hold state funeral for ex-PM Abe on Sept 27
  • Date: 8th July 2022
  • Summary: During a stop-over in Moscow on the way to Davos, Abe told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he planned to concentrate on a World War Two peace deal that could resolve a decades-old territorial dispute between the two states. The islands are known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan. MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - JANUARY 22, 2019) (RUSSIAN POOL) VARIOUS OF ABE SITTING IN MEETING WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
  • Embargoed: 22nd July 2022 03:59
  • Keywords: Abe Japanese politics Japanese prime minister LDP Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe coalition election majority politics prime minister upper house
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  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00H876301011970RP1
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  • Story Text: Japan plans a state funeral on Sept. 27 for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was shot to death at a campaign rally in July, a government official and leading ruling party source said.
    The site will be the Nippon Budokan, an arena originally built for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games that has since been a popular venue for sports events and concerts as well as the site for a memorial service for World War Two dead held every year on August 15.
    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently said that Abe, 67, would be given a state funeral in recognition of being Japan's longest-serving prime minister as well as his contributions to Japan and the world.
    The last such state funeral for a former prime minister, in which the government bears full costs for the ceremony, was held in 1967 for ex-premier Shigeru Yoshida.
    Abe served two terms as prime minister, stepping down in 2020 citing ill health. But he has remained a dominant presence over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), controlling one of its major factions. He hails from a wealthy political family that included a foreign minister father and a grandfather who served as premier.
    (Production: Joseph Campbell, Phyllis Xu)
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