A funeral is expected to be held on the 12th, attended by the family of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot and killed during an election campaign on the 8th.
Local media such as TBS and FNN reported on the 9th that an official of the largest faction, the Abe faction, in the ruling LDP led by former Prime Minister Abe said this.
On the 11th, the day after the election of the House of Representatives, relatives and acquaintances will hold a tsuya to comfort the bereaved, and then a funeral will be held on the 12th.
According to an official, it is being adjusted so that only those close to Abe’s family and close relatives will attend.
As Abe was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, serving as the prime minister for a total of 8 years and 9 months on two occasions, it is expected that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will serve as the funeral director, and the funeral will be jointly hosted by the government and the LDP. .
In 2020, the funeral of former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone was also held at the joint venue of the government and the Liberal Democratic Party, with then Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as chairman of the funeral service.
A high-ranking South Korean foreign ministry official said the day before about the possibility of sending a condolence envoy to Abe’s funeral, “The Japanese side is also preparing for it, so we will review within the government what to do about it.”
After an autopsy, the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was transferred to his home in Tokyo on the morning of the 9th from the Nara Prefectural University Hospital Affiliated Hospital in Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture.
/yunhap news