Prime Minister Modi arrives in Japan to attend the state funeral of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Tokyo on 26 September 2022 to participate in the state funeral of the former Japanese Prime minister Shinzo Abe to be held on 27 September 2022.

Shinzo Abe was shot dead on 8 July 2022 while campaigning for a parliamentary election.

The state funeral to be held in Budokan will be attended by representatives of over 100 countries including 20 heads of state or head of government.

 Pm Modi would meet separately with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida and Shinzo Abe's wife in Japan.

Indian and Japan relationship during Shinzo Abe leadership 

  • PM Modi and Shinzo Abe shared very close ties and the latter had gone on record to call PM Modi his most dependable friend. The close ties between the two leaders helped bolster Indo-Japan ties to a special strategic and global partnership.
  • In 2017, he visited Ahmedabad to lay the foundation of India's first bullet train (from Ahmedabad to Mumbai).
  • He was also the chief guest at the Republic Day parade in 2014 during the UPA government.
  • He addressed the joint session of the Indian Parliament in 2007.
  •  He was given India's second-highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan in 2021.

Japan 

  • Japan is also called as Nihon or Nippon
  • It is an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean in East Asia.
  • It is composed of four main islands Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Honshu is the largest island of Japan.
  • It is separated from the Asian mainland by the Sea of Japan.
  • Its highest mountain is Mount Fuji.
  • It is the third largest economy in the world after the United States and China.
  • It is the only country in the world where atom bomb was dropped. In 1945 the U.S. dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August (bomb name Little Boy) and Nagasaki on 9 August (Bomb name Fat Man).

Prime Minister: Fumio Kishida

Capital of Japan: Tokyo

Currency of Japan: Yen

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