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$11.5M State funeral for former PM Abe protested in Japan

The state funeral ceremony to be held on September 27 for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who died after an armed attack in Japan in July, was protested by hundreds of people in the capital, Tokyo in Japan. Protesters gathered in Shiba Park, reacting to the $11.5 million cost of the ceremony being covered by the state budget and the state funeral for a former prime minister despite objections. The demonstrators marched to Hibiya Park with banners and slogans.

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