安倍氏「国葬」、９月下旬開催へ　日本武道館で、政府調整

　政府は、参院選の遊説中に銃撃され死去した故安倍晋三元首相の国葬を９月下旬に日本武道館で開催する調整に入った。２２日にも閣議決定する。政府関係者が１９日、明らかにした。
　首相経験者の国葬は戦後、１９６７年に日本武道館で行われた吉田茂元首相以来２例目となる。世界各国から要人が参列する見通し。岸田文雄首相は１４日の記者会見で、今秋国葬を執り行うことを閣議決定すると表明。全額国費で賄う方針も示している。（2022/07/19-23:57）

The Japanese government is considering holding a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo in late September, informed sources said Tuesday.
   The cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to approve the plan as early as Friday, the sources said. Abe was shot dead during a stump speech in the western city of Nara on July 8.
   It will be the second state funeral for a former prime minister in the country's post-World War II period, following the one for Shigeru Yoshida held at Nippon Budokan in 1967.
   Senior government officials and other dignitaries from around the world are expected to attend the funeral for Abe.
   Kishida told a press conference Thursday that a state funeral for Abe would take place this autumn. The government plans to fully cover the cost.