PM Modi pays floral tribute to former Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe at his state funeral

TIL Desk/National/Tokyo/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 27 offered a floral tribute to former Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe at his state funeral in Tokyo. Representatives from over 100 countries, including more than 20 heads of state and governments, attended Abe’s funeral.

Mr. Modi, who arrived in Tokyo early in the morning, joined several global leaders to pay tributes to the former Prime Minister who reshaped Japan’s foreign policy, including setting out a bold vision for a quantum leap in ties with India.

The Prime Minister “paid his respects to former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe during the State Funeral at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) tweeted. “A tribute to a great visionary and to his immense contribution in the elevation of the India-Japan partnership,” it said, sharing a photograph of Mr. Modi paying tribute to Abe.