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State funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to be held on September 27

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Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks in Nara City on July 8.

The Yomiuri Shimbun

10:50 JST, July 20, 2022

Government plans to hold a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27.

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