of Japan of the former prime minister Shinzo Abe a state funeral will be held today in Tokyo. The foreign minister from Finland will attend the funeral Pekka Haavisto (green).
The funeral is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Finnish time.
Abe was shot in early July in Nara, western Japan, while giving a campaign speech. The shooter was arrested immediately after the bloodbath.
A private funeral was organized for Abe already in July, with only a small circle of people present.
The expenses of Abe’s state funeral have caused outrage, because in Japan state funerals are very rare and very expensive. The funeral is estimated to cost about 1.65 billion yen, or about 12 million euros.
It is estimated that around 6,000 dignitaries will attend the funeral.
Abe was the longest-serving politician in Japan as prime minister.
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