Thousands of mourners are showing up to pay their last respects to former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday.

The private funeral, which is only open to friends and close family, is under way at Tokyo's Zojoji temple.

Following the funeral, the hearse bearing Abe's body will proceed through downtown Tokyo.

The 67-year-old was shot dead last Friday while delivering a campaign speech in Nara in southern Japan.

 

 

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it turns out that the shooter killed Abe because he supported a religious organization, overwhelmingly likely to be the Unification Church, that had bankrupted his mother.

Lots of right wing politicians pay homage to the church founded by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. The church that claimed Moon was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Here's the homage that one shameless politician paid:

"In his remarks at the “Rally of Hope,” which was organized by Moon’s widow, Hak Ja Han Moon, who is known in Unification circles as “True Mother,” Trump called her “a tremendous person” and praised “her incredible work on behalf of peace all over the world.” He added thanks to both Moons: “The inspiration that they have caused for the entire planet is unbelievable.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/12/unification-church-japan-shinzo-abe/