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Japan bids sombre farewell to assassinated former PM Shinzo Abe

People queued at Zojoji Temple on Tuesday to pay their respects to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before his funeral [Issei Kato/Reuters]

Japanese have turned out in their hundreds to bid farewell to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who dominated the country’s politics before his resignation in 2020, and died after being shot at a campaign rally last week.

Crowds packed pavements lined by police as Abe’s hearse left central Tokyo’s Zojoji Temple early on Tuesday afternoon. People shouted, clapped and waved as the vehicle passed, with some holding flowers.

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