the japanese making sense of this? you see how many people are streaming behind me. this is a temple in downtown tokyo. it is very large temple. but we have seen for the last few hours or so this morning are people who look like they are on their lunch hour or may have traveled here. a lot of them are wearing black clothes to please pay their final respects, to lay flowers, messages. this is a private funeral ceremony that is going to be hosted by his wife. it is happening right now. it is also an essential gathering place for people here in tokyo to remember the loss of a true political tighten. domestically and globally. someone who was the base of japan. regardless of whether they agree with his policies. we are seeing so much of japan. they re coming out to pay their final respects. all ages, different backgrounds,
three points of fluid a day. maintaining fluid intake and helping old people do that is a key part of it all. ., ~ old people do that is a key part of it all. . ~ i. ., ., , the funeral of japan s former prime minister, shinzo abe, has taken place amid tight security at a buddhist temple in tokyo. thousands of people gathered to pay their respects, although the ceremony was open only to family and close friends. earlier we spoke to our news correspondent, mariko oi, who was at the funeral in tokyo. she told us what the atmosphere there was like. i am standing outside the zojoji temple just behind me where the funeral as well as last night s vigil took place. and there were thousands of people waiting outside last night to pay their final respects, many bringing flowers to pay tribute. as the hearse carrying the body left the temple, they all erupted into applause,
you can see how many people are streaming behind me. this is a temple in downtown tokyo. what we have seen for the last few hours, there are people who look like they are on their lunch hour. a lot of them wearing black clothes to pay their final respects or to leave flowers. messages. this is a private funeral. it will be hosted by his wife. it is happening right now. it is also an essential gathering place for people here in tokyo to remember the loss of a true political. domestically as well as globally. someone who really was the face of japan. regardless if they agreed with his policies. we are seeing so much of japan. all different ages and backgrounds coming here to say
screaming, thank you, mrabe, goodbye, mr abe, and so on. the hearse was then driven around downtown tokyo, visiting many places of memory, if you like. places like parliament and his official residence, where he spent many years notjust as prime minister but as a junior politician. he is being cremated as we speak and a return carrying his ashes will return to the temple in just under an hour, according to local media. his death was a huge shock, not least because of the nature of it. what is the discussion now around what happened and what his legacy will be? in terms of his legacy, - it has been very interesting just asking people on the street what would be the one thing
is in westjapan. but in downtown tokyo there are some cases of co ordinating with the omicron variant. so we are very concerned about this spreading and the omicron variant, because it is likely highly contagious. because it is likely highly contaaious. ., ., contagious. throughout the successive contagious. throughout the successive waves contagious. throughout the successive waves of - contagious. throughout the successive waves of covid l contagious. throughout the i successive waves of covid we have had over the last almost two years now, case numbers and fatalities have made much lower in the east than the west, what you think, as a doctor, are the measures most significant in the fight against covid was yellow yes. this is likely, the most important thing is an increase in vaccination rates, vaccine updates among the japanese population is pretty high uptake. we strongly encourage people to get vaccinated, including booster shots. the second thing, it is infection control