A rare and controversial state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has taken place in tense Japan where the event for one of the country’s most divisive leaders has deeply split public opinion.
The ceremony started at 2:00pm on Tuesday, with Abe’s ashes carried into the Nippon Budokan Hall in central Tokyo by his widow, Akie, to music from a military band and the booms of the honour-guard salute, which echoed inside the hall.
Abe’s widow, Akie Abe, in a black formal kimono, walked slowly into the Budokan hall venue carrying an urn containing her husband’s ashes, placed in a wooden box and wrapped in purple cloth with gold stripes.for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in Nigeria & world news, business, politics, sports and pop culture.
Government, parliamentary and judicial representatives, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, made condolence speeches.
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