Tokyo | Japan’s prime minister said on Thursday he accepted criticism that he had not sufficiently explained why he wants a state funeral for slain former prime minister Shinzo Abe but defended the decision that has helped drag his support to its lowest ever.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s decision to hold the funeral on September 27, to be paid for by the state, has aroused widespread public opposition, largely because of revelations that ties between the ruling party and a church group could have played a part in the assassination.
