At around 8:30 pm on July 12, local time, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ashes were taken home to his home in Shibuya District, Tokyo by his beloved wife Akie Abe.
According to reports, Abe 's ashes will be buried in Yamaguchi Prefecture , which is his hometown and has a family cemetery. He will be buried with his father.
Shinzo Abe was shot while giving a street speech in Nara on the 8th of this month. He died after being sent to the hospital at the age of 67.
It is reported that after the cremation, Zhao Hui has been holding her husband's ashes and took them to a hotel, where she served as the funeral host to entertain relatives and friends attending the funeral. After the reception, Zhaohui returned home with the urn in her hands, barely allowing others to touch it, showing her deep affection for her late husband.
Early on the 12th, Abe’s body was transported from a funeral home in Shinagawa District, Tokyo to the Zojoji Temple in Minato District, where his close relatives and friends paid their final farewells.
When the hearse drove through the street, the roadside was full of people. Some people put their hands together and prayed, but more people raised their mobile phones.
Zhaohui, who lost her husband, was sitting in the passenger seat of the hearse. She was holding a "-digit plate" in her hand. According to tradition, the Buddhist name of the deceased after death and the name of the deceased were engraved on it. It can also be seen from this that although the Abe family are not devout Buddhists, they adopted a Buddhist funeral after their death, which is the same choice as most Japanese families.
Zhao Hui, now 60 years old, looks very haggard, and the blow of losing her husband is still very heavy. Even while sitting in her car, she had to constantly lean forward and nod to express her gratitude to the mourners on the roadside.
After her husband was shot, Zhao Hui almost didn’t speak in public, and she didn’t even say anything to condemn the gunman. Although people familiar with the matter said she was very angry, it was clear that sadness had taken over and she had always been full of energy. Her current mental state is not very good, and she has no intention to think about other things for the time being.
It is reported that At the farewell ceremony, Zhao Hui finally spoke out. She recalled what happened on the day her husband was killed. , "It came so suddenly. I still feel like I am in a dream." "At 8 o'clock that morning, I was with him. After that, I sent him out. At 11:30, I was told that he had been shot, and the caller told me not to tell my mother, Yoko. I hummed, "I pretended to be calm, but the TV But it keeps spreading."
Zhaohui also briefly introduced Abe in life, "My husband is a gentle person at home, a person who likes to please others, and a person who likes to do things for others."
It is reported that although Akie was told not to tell her mother-in-law, the 94-year-old Abe Yoko still learned about her son's death through the media. It is reported that Yoko is currently living in a nursing home. When she learned the news, she burst into tears. How could she not be sad after losing her beloved son.
Although Yoko has lived a pampered life almost all her life, the mental pressure she bears is something that many people cannot empathize with. 52 years ago, Yoko experienced the pain of her father, Nobusuke Kishi, being seriously injured after being assassinated the day before he resigned as Prime Minister. Now, the son she was so proud of was killed by a gunshot.
