THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 15, 2022 at 15:13 JST
The state funeral for Shigeru Yoshida, a former prime minister, was held on Oct. 31, 1967, at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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