By KEISHI NISHIMURA/ Staff Writer
July 23, 2022 at 17:30 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, and his Cabinet ministers prepare to attend a July 22 meeting where approval was given for a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Koichi Ueda)
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida moved quickly to lay the groundwork for a state funeral for Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister gunned down July 8 while giving a campaign speech in Nara. [Read More]
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