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Today, the State Funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister – By Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Source : Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Linkedin Today, the State Funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Abe Shinzo AC was attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and former prime ministers, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull AC, the Hon Tony Abbott AC and the Hon John Howard OM AC at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo. The former PMs had worked with Mr Abe during his two terms as Japanese Prime Minister. Mr Abe served as PM of Japan from 2006 to 2007, and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving Prime Minister in Japanese history. In 2022, Mr Abe was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia for eminent service to the Australia-Japan bilateral relationship. While in Japan, PM Albanese also met with Japanese PM HE Kishida Fumio, and US ...