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A tense Japan prepared Tuesday for a rare and controversial state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader in his.
Crown Prince Akishino, 56, his wife and youngest daughter Princess Kako, 27, attended the ceremony in Tokyo today, where thousands paid their respect to the former Prime Minister.
Thousands gathered on the streets of Tokyo today to bid a final farewell to Shinzo Abe, Japan s longest-serving Prime Minister, at a state funeral after he was shot dead earlier this year.
Japan's assassinated hawkish former leader, Shinzo Abe, was given a rare state funeral Tuesday that was full of military pomp and surrounded by throngs of mourners as well as by widespread protests, with thousands taking to the streets in opposition. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the publicly financed ceremony was…