Shinzo Abe state funeral: World leaders, family gather to honour ex-PM

Friends, world leaders and family gathered on Tuesday in Tokyo to attend the state funeral of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July.

Current Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the man who preceded him, Yoshihide Suga, each paid tribute to Abe, who had held the role twice, the most recent for eight years straight. Suga, speaking as Abe's friend, remembered spending time with Abe at the prime minister's office and said all the staff were "bright and full of energy" when they worked together.