By TAKASHI NARAZAKI/ Staff Writer
September 6, 2022 at 18:30 JST
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno explains the estimated cost to hold a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a news conference on Sept. 6. (Koichi Ueda)
The state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will cost an estimated 1.66 billion yen ($11.9 million), including security expenses, in taxpayer money, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Sept. 6. [Read More]
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