Tokyo [Japan], September 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo.
Modi was seen together with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the funeral.
Leaders from world wide have additionally arrived in Tokyo for the occasion. More than 700 international company have flown in for the occasion, together with about 50 present or former state leaders.
Dignitaries embody US Vice President Kamala Harris, Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong, Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, Indonesia Vice President Ma’ruf Amin, and European Council President Charles Michel.
The state funeral started with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida receiving the ashes, which seem like contained in a ceremonial field.
He then formally handed it to army officers who positioned the field within the centre of the altar, arrange on the entrance of the room.
The Nippon Budokan Hall additionally performed the movies of Abe that includes his key moments in a tribute to the assassinated chief. It additionally included the time when Abe met Prime Minister Modi amongst many photos of Abe with different world leaders at international summits and addressing the United Nations.
The video tribute centered on Abe’s standing as a world chief and his concerted efforts to take care of good relationships with international international locations.
Shinzo Abe is credited with revitalising the important thing Trans-Pacific Partnership after the US withdrew. Notably, Shinzo Abe has been thought-about as one of the vital vital forces behind the “Quad” strategic partnership – an alliance between India, Japan, the US and Australia.
Meanwhile, as much as 1,000 troopers will carry out ceremonial duties, with a army honour guard firing 19 clean rounds from a cannon to salute the previous PM.
An enormous safety cordon has been thrown across the Budokan area – as dozens of VIPs and dignitaries in lengthy motorcades arrive for the ceremony.
The 67-year-old politician, Japan’s longest-serving PM, was gunned down at an election rally on July eighth throughout a speech in Japan’s Nara metropolis.
Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, approached the politician from behind and fired two photographs from a distance of about 10 meters (33 toes).
The attacker reportedly plotted the assassination of the 67-year-old former head of presidency for almost a 12 months.
Abe, Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister, stepped down in 2020 citing well being causes. He was Prime Minister of Japan twice, from 2006-07 and once more from 2012-20. He was succeeded by Yoshihide Suga and later by Fumio Kishida. (ANI)