Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Japan to hold state funeral for ex-PM Abe this year

Japan

Japan to hold state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this autumn. Abe shot dead in broad daylight while campaigning for upper house elections last Friday. Second state funeral held in post-war Japan for a former PM after Shigeru Yoshida in 1967.   Japan will hold a state funeral for assassinated former Prime … Read more