The controversial state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next month is going to cost the Japanese government around 250 million yen ($1.8 million), government sources said on Aug. 25.
Since the suspect in the slaying of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed a grudge against the Unification Church, the relationship between the organization and the ruling Liberal Democrat Party is increasingly coming to light.
The Japanese government officially decides to hold a state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a Tokyo arena on Sept. 27, despite opposition figures questioning the need for the ceremony or outright opposing it.