Japan bids farewell to Abe at funeral in Tokyo

Japan on Tuesday bid farewell to Shinzo Abe, a polarizing figure who dominated Japanese politics for decades as the country's longest-serving prime minister, before being gunned down at a campaign rally last week.
Long lines of people dressed in black, mixed with others in informal clothing with backpacks, formed outside central Tokyo's Zojoji temple, the site of Abe's funeral, from early morning as ordinary people came to pay their respects.
A mourner cries at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo before the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters/KIM KYUNG-HOON