Crowds lined the streets of Tokyo for the funeral of late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated last week by man with a homemade gun.
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe speaks on the legacy of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 'Sunday Night in America.'the country’s longest-serving Prime Minister, who was assassinated on last week.
Funeral processions for Abe, 67, started at Tokyo’s Zojoji Temple, where hundreds of mourners dressed in black gathered to pay their respects. Following a funeral ceremony that included only family members and close friends, a hearse took Abe’s bodyTOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 28: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister official residence on August 28, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.
The procession passed near the federal parliament building, where Abe was first elected in 1993. He later served as the parliamentary leader, or prime minister, twice, including a lengthy service from 2012 to 2020. Abe’s death shook the world as he was a titanic political figure and gun violence in Japan is rare. People wait in line to attend the funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji temple on July 12, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan.People gather for the hearse carrying late former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe leaves Zojoji Temple in Tokyo on July 12, 2022.
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