Thousands of protesters have gathered as the controversial state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Mr Abe, prime minister from 2006-07 and 2012-2020, was killed in July, but feelings of goodwill are rubbing against tensions with Mr Abe considered one of the country’s most divisive leaders.
Mr Abe was cremated in July after a private funeral at a Tokyo temple days after he was assassinated while giving a campaign speech on a street in Nara, a city in western Japan.
Government, parliamentary and judicial representatives, including prime minister Fumio Kishida, are later set to make condolence speeches, followed by the former first lady.
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