TOKYO, Jul 13 (NNN-NHK) – A funeral was held yesterday, in central Tokyo, for Japan’s former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead, while delivering a speech last week.
The ceremony took place at the Zojoji Temple, at the foot of the iconic Tokyo Tower. Besides Abe’s wife, Akie, Japanese Prime Minster, Fumio Kishida, some lawmakers, as well as, foreign dignitaries and business leaders, attended the funeral.
Memorial services are scheduled to be held later in Tokyo and in his constituency in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Abe was shot on Friday, at close range, by a 41-year old local, who used a handmade double-barreled hand gun, on a street in the western city of Nara, while giving a speech for a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, for last Sunday’s upper house election.– NNN-NHK
