LDP secretary-general rejects criticism over Abe state funeral

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Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary-general of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, brushed aside comment on Tuesday from opposition parties over the government’s plan to hold a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Motegi told a news conference that a state funeral is “absolutely appropriate” for Abe, who was fatally shot during a stump speech in the western city of Nara on July 8.

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