THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 14, 2022 at 19:02 JST
People gather in front of Zojoji temple in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on July 12 to see off the hearse carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Tetsuro Takehana)
A state funeral will be held for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this autumn, which will be only the second for a former prime minister since the end of World War II. [Read More]
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