Published: 5:56 PM, Sep 27, 2022
|Updated: 6:06 PM, Sep 27, 2022
PM Modi Japan Visit 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and conveyed his deepest condolences over the sudden demise of former prime minister Shinzo Abe during a bilateral meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.
Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe was shot dead while making a campaign speech on July 8 in the southern Japanese city of Nara. He was 67 years old.
(With the inputs of PTI)

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PM Modi met PM Kishida ahead of the ceremony and the two leaders renewed their commitment towards further strengthening the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, and in working together in the region and in various international groupings and institutions.
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Akie Abe, wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, carried her husband's urn, as she leaves his state funeral at Nippon Budokan, in Tokyo.
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Prime Minister Modi paid tributes at the state funeral ceremony of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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During the bilateral meeting, Prime Minister Modi conveyed his deepest condolences for the demise of Abe and noted his contributions in strengthening India-Japan partnership as well in conceptualising the vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.
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"I am feeling very sad about the sudden death of former premier Abe... He took Japan-India relations to a greater level and also expanded it in many areas," PM Modi said.
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