Jimi News Reporter Li Lili
According to Japan Kyodo News on September 20, the Japanese government is now preparing for the state funeral of Shinzo Abe in a week. Due to the just-held Queen of England's state funeral, many Japanese officials are worried that the state funeral of Abe will pale in comparison.
Kisha Fumio Kishida (Photo source: Xinhua News Agency)
It is reported that Japan has mixed praise and criticism of Abe's state funeral. At least 60% of Japanese people opposed holding state funeral for Shinzo Abe, and Japanese Prime Minister Kisha Fumio was under great pressure.
The total amount of Abe's state funeral expenses is about 1.65 billion yen (about 80.95 million yuan), and this expense will be borne by fiscal funds, which has also been criticized.
Some media questioned that the Kishida government insisted on holding a state funeral for Abe, hoping to achieve "mourning diplomacy" by inviting political leaders from all countries to attend the funeral. Fumio Kishida also said that he would strive to achieve "diplomatic results."
Abe's death, about 260 countries, regions and institutions sent more than 1,700 condolence messages. Because of this, the Japanese government has the illusion that "more leaders will come to Japan to watch the ceremony." It is reported that the Japanese government has notified all its diplomatic countries that it is expected that about 1,000 diplomatic groups will attend.
However, after the news that Abe's state funeral will be held on September 27, "bad news" has spread frequently.
US President Biden made it clear that "due to itinerary issue ", he was unable to attend Abe's state funeral. The United States will send Vice President Harris as its representative.
Follow Biden, French President Macron also said that "itching problem" cannot visit Japan, but he will send former President Sarkozy as his representative.
Russian President Putin also bluntly said that he would not attend Abe's funeral.
Former US President Obama , former German Prime Minister Merkel said that he is still considering...
As of now, only Indian Prime Minister Modi , Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc clearly stated that he would attend. Among the G7 , only Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau expressed his participation.
In contrast, after the British royal family announced the funeral of the Queen's Kingdom, Biden, Macron and other heads of state immediately expressed their willingness to attend the funeral. On the day of the state funeral on September 19, the scale of the ceremony was unprecedented. About 500 representatives from nearly 200 countries and regions attended the Queen's state funeral, including nearly 100 heads of state and government, as well as more than 20 royal members.
For this reason, many Japanese officials are worried that the funeral will be compared with the Queen's funeral for both state funerals. Prime Minister Official Residence complained: "I would have known that the cabinet decision would be held immediately after it was decided in July, or it would not have caused so much criticism..."
(Source: Jimu News)
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