Japan to spend $1.83m on ex-PM Abe’s state funeral

Opinion polls show majority of Japanese opposed to state funeral for longest-serving premier.

Japan will spend $1.83m on a state funeral for slain former leader Shinzo Abe, the government has said, despite growing opposition from a public angered by revelations of the ruling party’s ties to the Unification Church.

Abe, Japan’s longest-serving but divisive premier, was shot and killed at an election rally on July 8, and although funeral services were held soon after, Japan has decided to…