The decision to hold one for Shinzo Abe was made by the Cabinet and did not go through Parliamentary approval. A protester holds a poster showing the image of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at a gathering at a park in Tokyo, on September 23, 2022, demanding the cancellation of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral. | Photo Credit: APThe decision to hold one for Shinzo Abe was made by the Cabinet and did not go through Parliamentary approval. Several hundred protesters demanded the cancellation of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral as they shouted slogans and waved banners on Friday in a Tokyo park. By coincidence, Abe’s state funeral has drawn ample comparisons to the recent state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in Britain.

Source: The Hindu September 23, 2022 20:27 UTC