Japan held a rare state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, but the event has split public opinion.
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Japan Holds State Funeral For Slain Former PM Abe
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There would have been about 100,000 people who offered flowers at the state funeral, but the reality is that there were only about 500 people who opposed the state funeral. The Japanese media is full of biased reports, so don't be fooled.
The protesters were less than 1000 people
On the other hand, there were 20 to 30
times more people showed up to express their farewell and appreciation to PM Abe in Tokyo even though the funeral took place on weekday. The truth can be seen here https://youtu.be/r2z_vsbjNWI
Abe was gun down during federal election campaign…
Challenge against free and democracy…
Do not show any sympathy for him or his Nippon Kaigi and LDP cronies. He controlled Japan for a long time by distorting Japan’s role in WWII and denying war crimes against Asians (predominantly Koreans and Chinese), Europeans, and Americans in Japan’s education. His criminal empire of propaganda and historical negationism he left behind will eventually fall. But as long as his cronies remain in power, minorities in Japan, neighboring Asian Countries, and Asian Americans will never be safe from people like him.
Abe may well have been a popular prime minister in the administration of Japan, although evidence to the contrary seems abundant. Nevertheless, what servants of the public always seem to forget is that the person who serves as prime minister is nowhere near as important as the position itself—at least without demonstrating qualities admirable as a person. The prime minister position is an important position. The person who occupies it is merely a servant—one among hundreds—of the People. By all means give Abe the send off the People think appropriate, but do so because Abe deserves it as a person, not because as a servant of the People he momentarily occupied the position of prime minister. The decision to have the taxpayers pay for a citizen’s funeral must come from the taxpayers, not from servants of the taxpayers. In no form of master-servant relationship does a servant determine the fate of another servant, legally, without the consent of the master. When Will bureaucrats everywhere come to realise they are civil servants, not civil masters, or civil dictators, or civil authorities…unless they gain the consent of the People they serve?
The man was a Loyal public servant of his country and its citizens. Protesting his funeral is disgusting. HE GAVE HIS LIFE!
What took this funeral so long after his death?!
Shame!12million dollars for second funeral 😏
Rest In Peace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oTr2fL8VLo
Here's for Shinzo Abe. "Dumbledore's farewell"
Abe was a far right racist imperialist.
Read some books.
rest in peace with yamamoto tojo and yamashita.
今日の国葬反対デモは、主宰者の発表によると2,500人、600人、他の団体を合計しても約3,200人でした。
以前アメリカの人種差別「 Black Lives Matter 」のデモが東京であった時は約4,000人でした。
アメリカの人種差別問題よりも、国葬反対を行動で示した人は少なかった。
献花に並んだ国民は23,000人。
デジタル献花を利用した人は国葬当日時点で40万人を超え増え続けています。受付期間の延長が決まりました。
日本の報道は偏っています。安倍さんを慕い、故人を静かに偲びたい日本国民が多い事を、きちんと報道して欲しい。
Kono tabi wa goshuushousama de gozaimasu
Chinese Communist Party does not dare to provoke a war on its own initiative, and will only do some despicable tricks behind the scenes. Like unleashing the COVID virus that killed Americans. It is the Chinese Communist Party that has driven Americans to unemployment, hatred, financial crises, and social unrest. Fight back and destroy communist China as a terrorist organization
Ladrón corrupto.
彼の旅は続く
Shout out to George Floyd on 855 days of sobriety. It took some tough love but he did it. Say his name liberals!
Any G7 leader there?
I don't understand why countries that don't speak English always have signs in English by protestors. Why is this?