Tokyo, Japan - November 26, 2024 Members of the general public head to offer prayers at Princess Yuriko's main funeral ceremony, called "Renso-no-Gi," at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Nov ...

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Only once before in Japan's post-war history has a politician been given a state funeral - and Tuesday's event to honour Abe has stirred huge controversy. It drew thousands of guests - local and ...

Shinzo Abe reshaped Japan's foreign policy, which won him both supporters and detractors A week ago, the global "great and good" were gathered in London for the state funeral of Britain's Queen ...

After Matsuno’s announcement, Jun Azumi, chief of the Diet affairs committee of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, warned that security expenses for the funeral could ...

The funeral industry and municipal governments ... That adds stress to what is already a traumatic time. According to Japan's health ministry, the number of deaths during the 2022 calendar year ...

It was far from the traditional Japanese funeral manner, and it opened many people's eyes to the brutal reality of death from a contagious virus. This era of self-isolation and social distancing ...

It has been customary in recent years for the government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to hold a joint funeral when a former prime minister dies. Abe was at the helm of Japan for a total ...

TOKYO, September 27. /TASS/. A state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is taking place at the Nippon Budokan arena in downtown Tokyo, a TASS correspondent reports. A state ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died ...