The Japanese government pledged Thursday to start discussing the conditions and rules for holding a state funeral, as public opinion was divided over one held for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in September.The promise came after the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida released a collection of opinions from 21 experts, including scholars of law, politics and diplomacy, on Abe's funeral."We will consider what steps we should take, such as communications with parliament, to get a wide-ranging understanding of the public," Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, the top govern…READ FULL ARTICLE
