Japan bids sombre farewell to assassinated former PM Shinzo Abe
Aljazeera says THE JAPANESE turned out in their hundreds to bid farewell to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who dominated the country’s politics before his resignation in 2020, and died after being shot at a campaign rally last week.
Many gathered at the Zojoji temple in Tokyo to pay their respects ahead of a private funeral for Abe, who was 67.
His assassination on Friday by an unemployed man using a homemade gun shocked a nation where both gun crime and political violence are extremely rare.
Keiko Noumi, a 58-year-old teacher, was among those offering prayers and flowers in front of a large photograph of Abe set up inside the temple grounds.
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