A group of 50 people, including civic group members, asked a Tokyo court on Thursday to issue an injunction ordering a stop to a state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.The request to the Tokyo District Court, coming on the eve of a Cabinet decision to hold the rare funeral likely on Sept. 27, seeks to halt use of the national budget if the Cabinet goes ahead with the plan.It would only be the second state funeral for a former prime minister in postwar Japan, and the opposition camp has expressed concerns that the funeral, to be fully funded by the government, could be used…READ FULL ARTICLE