President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking Party and State delegation arrived in Tokyo on September 25 afternoon. (Photo: VNA) The state funeral, due to take place on September 27,is the second of its kind held for a former Japanese Prime Minister since World War II,following the first for late PM Yoshida Shigeru in 1967.
About 6,000 foreign guests, including heads of state,government leaders and representatives of foreign countries, are expected toattend the event.
President Phuc is also scheduled to attend a receptionfor delegation heads to be hosted by the Japanese Emperor and hold talks with PMKishida Fumio and meetings with representatives from Japan’s National Dietand localities, as well as some delegation heads.
The former Japanese PM passed away at Nara MedicalUniversity in Nara prefecture on July 8. Earlier the same day, he was shot frombehind while campaigning for a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) in the prefecture.
Abe, 67, was Japan's longest-serving PM. He stayed inthis position from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020.
He signed the Japan-Vietnam Joint Statement “Toward aStrategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia” in 2006, setting thefirst milestone for the strategic partnership between the two countries, andsigned another joint statement upgrading the relationship to an extensivestrategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia in March 2014./.
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