国葬費は１２．４億円　見積もりから４．２億円減―政府

　松野博一官房長官は１４日午前の記者会見で、安倍晋三元首相の国葬経費について、総額約１２億４０００万円だったと発表した。海外要人の滞在日数が想定より短くなったため、事前に公表した概算の総額１６億６０００万円程度を約４億２０００万円下回った。政府は同日、国会にも報告した。
　経費の内訳は、会場費が２億４０００万円、警備費が４億８０００万円、外国要人の接遇費が５億１０００万円、自衛隊儀仗（ぎじょう）隊の車両借り上げ費が１０００万円だった。
　松野氏は「速報値」だと断りつつ、概算を下回ったことについて「国葬を執り行うために必要十分なものだった」と強調。減額の要因を「警察官の宿泊費や超過勤務等の減少、接遇に要した車両の手配や職員旅費の減少等と聞いている」と説明した。
　政府による国葬の検証に関しては、憲法や行政法、政治学、外交などの有識者２０～３０人から個別に意見を聴取し、論点を整理して公表すると明かした。時期については「一定の時間が必要だ」と述べるにとどめた。（2022/10/14-12:11）

Last month's state funeral for slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cost about 1.24 billion yen, lower than the government's estimate of some 1.66 billion yen, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Friday.
   The funeral cost less than estimated as foreign guests stayed for a shorter period than expected, Matsuno told a press conference. The government also reported the expenses to the Diet, the country's parliament.
   The costs included 240 million yen for the venue of the funeral, 480 million yen for security, 510 million yen for treating foreign guests and 10 million yen for renting vehicles for a Self-Defense Forces honor guard.
   They were enough to hold a state funeral, Matsuno said. Abe was gunned down during a campaign speech in July.
   Matsuno said accommodation fees for police officers and their overtime were lower than estimated, and that the number of vehicles used to treat guests and travel expenses for workers at Japanese diplomatic missions abroad were also lower than projected.