Blinken visits Japan to pay respects to Abe, the Southern Ginseng Churchreveal “mother shoot” be a branch member
Blinken pays tribute to Japan – AFP reported that Mr Anthony Blinken US Secretary of State Travel to Tokyo Japan to meet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida the Japanese leader and expressed his condolences on the passing of Shinzo Abe, Former Prime Minister following being assassinated in a shocking event in Nara On Friday 8 July ago
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Blinken had just completed his visit to ASEAN countries and met with Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai on Sunday July 10, Blinken said following meeting with the prime minister. Kishida mentions a visit to Japan that is not in the schedule. because he and Mr. Abe are friends And when one friend is hurt, the other will have to go find it.
Akie Abe, wife of late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, sits in a vehicle carrying Abe’s body to a night vigil at a temple, in Tokyo, Japan July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
“Mr. Abe has done more than anyone to raise relations between the United States and Japan to a new height. We will do everything we can to help our friends bear this loss,” said Blinken. He also praised Mr. Abe for his vision and ability to reach that vision.
Blinken also presented a letter from US President Joe Biden to Prime Minister Kishida to present to Abe’s family. Meanwhile, Abe’s funeral will be held privately at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo. And it is reported that the ceremony on Tuesday July 12 will be open to close friends and close people to attend.
Officials gather at Zojoji Temple, where the vigil and funeral of late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, will be held, in Tokyo, Japan July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato
same day Unification Church Bishop Son Myungmun’s mother in South Korea said the mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, a suspect in the assassination of Abe. is a member of the Japanese branch of the Unification Church But it said there was no information regarding Mr Yamagami’s mother’s donation.
“The suspect’s mother Yamagami is a member of our church. And she attends our events once a month,” said Tomihiro Tanaka, president of the Japan branch of the church, adding that police were investigating the Yamagami family’s donation and that the church was fully cooperating. in the investigation
“There are a lot of people donating money. We are grateful because they will not make unwilling donations,” Tanaka reiterated, denying news that individual donation quotas were set for church attendees.
A staffer, right, moves bouquets of flowers to make room as people write their names and messages following laying bouquets of flowers at a designated stand set up for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters in Tokyo on Monday, July 11, 2022. Abe was assassinated Friday while campaigning in Nara, western Japan. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
A person offers flowers and prayers for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Zojoji temple prior to his funeral wake Monday, July 11, 2022, in Tokyo. Abe was assassinated Friday while campaigning in Nara, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Tetsuya Yamagami, Suspected of killing former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, is escorted by police officers as he is taken to prosecutors, at Nara-nishi police station in Nara, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 10, 2022. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
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