Former PM Abe’s Funeral to be Held in Secular Form on September 27th

According to a media news on July 22nd, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said that Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral will be held in a nonreligious form. Foreign dignitaries are welcome to attend the funeral, and we will notify countries with which we have diplomatic relations of the date, time and location.At a cabinet meeting on the morning of July 22nd, it was decided to hold a state funeral for Mr. Abe on September 27th, with the current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as the funeral chairman.