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Added on the 11/07/2022 12:13:02 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show the entrance of Zojoji temple in Tokyo and men wearing black suits as family and friends of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe gathered inside for a private funeral. Abe was shot at close range on Friday while giving a campaign speech in the city of Nara, days ahead of the upper house elections that saw his ruling party strengthen its hold on power. IMAGES
People in Tokyo queue with flowers to pay their final respects to Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji Temple, where a private funeral is to be held. IMAGES
A hearse carrying the body of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated while on the campaign trail last week, arrives at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo. IMAGES
Mourners in Japan's Nara place flowers in honour of former prime minister Shinzo Abe at the place where he was gunned down while campaigning. The murder of Japan's best-known politician rattled the country and sent shockwaves around the world, particularly given the nation's low levels of violent crime and strict gun laws. IMAGES
The futuristic Ruriden columbarium in Tokyo's Shinjuku houses 2,046 illuminated glass Buddha altars corresponding to drawers storing ashes of the deceased, with progressive head monk Yajima Taijun explaining the high-tech temple, Wednesday. An IC card allows the owner of the altar containing the ashes to access the building and light up the corresponding statue. Ashes are stored for 33 years before being buried below the Ruriden.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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