A rare and controversial state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began Tuesday in tense Japan where the event for one of the country’s most divisive leaders has deeply split public opinion ti.me/3fnIzdd
@TIME A majority of the Japanese people oppose state funerals. And it will cost more than the recent funeral of Queen Elizabeth. Why is that?
@TIME More than 60% of Japanese opposed the state funeral, but they were forced to do so. I am in despair of Japanese society. I can't blame the man who shot and killed Shinzo Abe.
@TIME While most TV stations aired the "propaganda event" live, one great tv broadcaster, TV Tokyo just mentioned it in a 5 min. news report and then went on playing an American comedy film "Beethoven"♪