Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid floral tributes to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the state funeral in Tokyo. Delegates from more than 100 countries, including more than 20 heads of state and governments, attended Abe’s state funeral. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday morning to attend the state funeral of Abe of Japan. Modi paid tribute to Abe by laying a wreath at Nippon Budokan Hall.
Sharing a picture, the Ministry of External Affairs tweeted, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe at the state funeral at Nippon Budokan Hall.” Recalling his immense contribution in taking the India-Japan partnership forward, the ministry said, “Tribute to a great visionary.” Besides Modi, more than 700 world leaders, including US Vice President Kamala Harris and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, have arrived in Tokyo to pay tribute to Abe, according to the news of Japan’s news agency ‘Kyodo’. Abe, 67, was shot dead on July 8 while he was addressing a public meeting during an election campaign in the southern Japanese city of Nara.
In mourning the death of Shinzo Abe, the Indian government announced a day of state mourning. Paying tribute to Abe, Modi had said that he had a long association with Abe and had known him since his tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. He said that he had met Abe on a visit to Japan, but he did not know that this would be his last meeting.
