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The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

REVEALED: Former prime minister s funeral held in tokyo | Rare Historical Photos

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The Yomiuri Shimbun Prime Minister Fumio Kishida leads a crowd in bowing toward Abe's hearse at the Prime Minister's Office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Family members and people close to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended his funeral at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was among those present at Zojoji in Minato Ward, while the sidewalks around the temple were filled with members of the public who had gathered to pay a final tribute to Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister.

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