Hsieh Changting, representative of the Taiwan condolence mission in Japan, Su Jiaquan, president of the Taiwan-Japan Relations Association, and former Legislative President Wang Jinping laid flowers at Abe's funeral.

(Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)

[Commissioner Lin Cuiyi in Japan/Reported by Tokyo on the 27th] The funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was held today at the Nippon Budokan. About 4,300 representatives from home and abroad attended. Su Jiaquan, president of the Taiwan Japan Association, a member of the Taiwan delegation, emphasized that Japan included Taiwan in the list. He was very moved when he called the Chinese delegation "Taiwan" when he was among the representatives of the country.

Xie Changting, the representative to Japan, said that Abe is a good friend of Taiwan, and we will never be absent from his funeral.

Abe's state funeral was held at the Nippon Budokan at 2 pm today. Abe's ashes were escorted by his wife, Mrs. Akie Abe, to the venue. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida personally greeted them and slowly entered the venue to the sound of 19 self-defense cannons and music.

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Kishida delivered a speech as chairman of the funeral committee. He said that Abe has built a reliable roof for the security of Japan, the region, and the world, and safeguarded and promoted an open international order that focuses on freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. Work harder than anyone in this world.

He also said that in the near future, there will definitely be many people in Japan and around the world who will miss the "time of Prime Minister Abe" and "the era of Prime Minister Abe" from time to time. Make Japan, this region, the world a better place.

Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivered a eulogy as a friend of Abe. He said that he did not know why God wanted such a tragedy to happen, and why he had to take away people who should not have lost their lives.

He said that in addition to remorse or remorse, we ushered in today in the intertwined emotions of sadness and anger.

Yoshihide Suga also said that he was really happy to spend 7 years and 8 months with Abe at the Prime Minister's official residence.

Not only him, but all the staff will also remember the memories of working hard together in those grim days.

No matter how many times he has to say, "Prime Minister Abe, you are the unparalleled true leader of our country in the world."

This time the representatives of Taiwan and China are on the same stage, and the Japanese side will arrange the seats of the representatives of both sides at the two ends of the venue.

When the roll call was made for the representatives of various countries to lay flowers, the Taiwan delegation was called "Taiwan". On the other hand, the CCP sent Wan Gang, a low-level vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, to attend. He sat quietly at one end of the venue from beginning to end, and no one came to interact. .

In the memorial ceremony for the Great Tohoku Earthquake in Japan in 2012, the Democratic Party government did not include Taiwan representatives as the object of flower offerings, which aroused criticism from all walks of life. Finally, the then Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda apologized in Congress for this.

In 2013, the Abe government held a memorial ceremony for the Great Tohoku Earthquake. Representatives from Taiwan were not only lined up in the "diplomatic corps, international agencies, etc." seating area, but were also called to the stage to lay flowers. As a result, China was absent in protest.

This state funeral is the second in Japan after the war, the last time it was 55 years ago in 1967 for former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.

The Japanese government announced that Abe’s funeral was attended by representatives from 218 countries, regions or international organizations around the world, with about 700 people, including about 50 leaders such as US Vice President Harris, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Albans. people.

In addition to foreign delegations, 3,600 people in Japan are also scheduled to attend, including the Prime Minister, the Speakers of the Houses of Representatives and the President of the Supreme Court "the head of the three powers". Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivered the eulogy as a friend.

Kudanzaka Park near the Japanese government has set up 2 flower offering platforms. It was originally scheduled to be open for public flower offerings from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, but due to the large crowd of people around the venue in the morning, the flower offering time also started half an hour earlier. Outside the public, entry is strictly controlled.