Japanese media: Obama gave up attending

According to the United States and Japanese sources on September 17, former US President Obama Barack Obama, who had previously considered attending former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gave up to attend, and the former US Ambassador to Japan William Hagetti planned to attend.

According to the reporters of the Kyodo News Agency, the former US Ambassador to Japan Hagiti will participate in a funeral set in Tokyo on September 27. It is reported that during the Trump administration, Hagetti served as the US ambassador to Japan in August 2017 and left as a senator in July 2019. After the death of Shinzo Abe, Parliament Senator headed by Hagati also proposed a resolution aimed at commemorating Shinzo Abe.

Since the Japanese government decided on July 14 to hold a national funeral for Abe, the Japanese folk opposition has gradually increased. Recent polls show that there are more than half of the people who have held national funerals for Abe. The Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Wenxiong explained the legitimacy of Abe held a national funeral in the Congress on September 8, and listed the reasons including "Abe is the longest prime minister in the history of constitutional government". However, over 60 % of the people expressed difficulties in the explanation of the Prime Minister.

According to data released by the Japanese government on September 6, the total cost of national funerals will reach 1.65 billion yen (about 81.44 million yuan).

Source: Surging News reporter Nan Boyi

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