Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe's funeral is set to take place next week amid heavy criticism from people in the country who are questioning the high cost of the event. Shinzo Abe was assassinated in July this year.
Since Queen Elizabeth II s passing, there have been over 30.2 million tweets about the Queen, said Twitter. The day of the announcement on September 8 was the highest volume of conversation ever seen on the micro-blogging platform.
A special report on the royal funeral and Japan’s relationship with the royal family by Duncan Bartlett at Queen Elizabeth Hall in Westminster, London.