Japan, crowd mourns Shinzo Abe: today the funeral

Crowds of mourners gathered in Tokyo today, along the streets around Zojoji Temple, where the funeral service for the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to be held. Read also The funeral is private, limited only to the former leader’s family, close relatives and foreign dignitaries, but many citizens flocked to the area to pay their respects to the prime minister who was murdered on July 8 in Nara.