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On Tuesday, Japan said goodbye to Shinzo Abe, the country's longest prime minister who was assassinated last week.
Abe's funeral procession began at the age of 67 at Zoujoji Temple in Tokyo. Hundreds of black-clad mourners gathered there to pay homage.
After a funeral attended only by family and close friends, a hearse carried Abe's body todowntown Tokyo, the capital.
Tokyo, Japan-August 28: Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will give a lecture at a press conference held at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on August 28, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Franck Robichon-Pool / Getty Images)(Photo courtesy of Franck Robichon-Pool / Getty Images)
I passed nearby. Shinzo Abe was first elected in 1993. Since then, he has served as parliamentary leader or prime minister twice, including a long-term mission from 2012 to 2020.
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After his death was announced on Friday,President Joe Bidensaid, "I was astonished, indignant, and deeply saddened."
"This is a tragedy for Japan, and for everyone who knows him," Biden said.
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"He is between our country and the people Friendship. "
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, officials and employees On July 12, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, to Haas carrying the body of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Eugene Hoshiko / Pool via REUTERS)
Former President Donald Trumpalso said that death was "really for the world." "Bad news".
"His murderer will be captured and hopefully dealt with promptly and rigorously," he wrote.
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A car carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves Zoujoji after a funeral in Tokyo on July 12, 2022. (Yuichi Yamazaki / Getty Images)
In a vehicle parliamentary election campaign with the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 2022 He will leave after a funeral at Masueji Temple in Japan on July 12, 2014. (REUTERS / Issei Kato)
Salute of the guards After the funeral in Tokyo on July 12, 2022, Japan's country In front of the hall, towards a vehicle carrying the body of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot during a parliamentary election campaign. (REUTERS / Kim Kyung-Hoon)
"Few people know what the great man and leader Shinzo Abe is, but history will teach and be kind to them," Trump added.
"He was a unique unification, but above all he was a man who loved and cherished his magnificent country, Japan. Shinzo Abe is very sorry. There will never be someone like him! "
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