Thousands of protesters opposed to the state-funded funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lined the streets near parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday, as helicopters whizzed above and ...

Tokyo — Bearing her husband's ashes in a brocaded box, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's widow entered Tokyo's Budokan arena to the sounds of a dirge and a 19-gun salute on Tuesday. Kept ...

TOKYO (AP) — The leadup to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's controversial state funeral could seem like a never-ending exchange of heated words — both for and against. But it was the images ...

TOKYO, Japan — A tense Japan prepared Tuesday for a rare and controversial state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader in his nation's modern history ...

Protests against the state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated on the campaign trail in July were seen on Tuesday ahead of the service. The protests, which have ...

They say "All is well that ends well" and there is nowhere that is more than true than the annual ENDEX: International Funeral & Cemetery Show in Japan. I checked out this year's event, held from ...

Vice President Kamala Harris touched down in Japan on Monday for a visit to Asia that will see her meet officials in Tokyo and then South Korea later this week. First up was a several-day visit to ...

With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honoured slain former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years — a ceremony that has become as ...

The body of former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe will be cremated at Tokyo’s Kirigaya Funeral Hall, following a private funeral on Tuesday. The hearse carrying Abe’s body traveled through the streets of ...

Akie Abe (left), widow of former Japan Minister Shinzo Abe, receives flowers to lay on the altar during the state funeral on Sept. 27, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. Getty Images TOKYO — Japan’s hawkish former ...

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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attended the state funeral on Tuesday. TOKYO -- Thousands of protesters opposed to the state-funded funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lined the ...