"Japan Likely to Allocate 2.4 Billion Won for Abe State Funeral... Coordinating Attendance of 6,400 People"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] According to Kyodo News and others on the 25th, the Japanese government plans to invest about 250 million yen (approximately 2.4 billion won) for the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, scheduled for the 27th of next month.

According to reports, the Japanese government will decide the budget scale for former Prime Minister Abe's state funeral at the Cabinet meeting on the 26th. The state funeral for former Prime Minister Abe will be fully funded by the Japanese government. This is the first state funeral for a former prime minister in 55 years since the state funeral of former Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru, held at the same location in 1967.

The state funeral will be held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. The number of attendees is being coordinated to be slightly larger than that of former Prime Minister Yoshida's state funeral, at around 6,400 people. Within Japan, members of the National Diet and local government officials have been invited.

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has communicated the schedule related to former Prime Minister Abe's state funeral to 195 countries with diplomatic relations with Japan. Major overseas figures considering attendance include French President Emmanuel Macron, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, and former U.S. President Barack Obama. The South Korean government is also expected to send a condolence delegation composed of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and National Assembly Deputy Speaker Chung Jin-suk, among others.

In Japan, there is strong public opposition to the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe, which is fully funded by the national budget. According to a telephone poll conducted by Mainichi Shimbun on the 20th and 21st, 53% of respondents opposed the state funeral, significantly outnumbering the 30% who supported it.

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