FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends an extended-format meeting of heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states at a summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022.  Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan/Handout via REUTERS
Japan

Modi to head to Japan on Tuesday for the funeral of Shinzo Abe

Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down in July while campaigning for a parliamentary election.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan on Sept. 27 to attend the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Indian government said on Thursday.

Modi will also separately meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the statement added.

Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down in July while campaigning for a parliamentary election.

(Reporting by Tanvi Mehta and Nigam Prusty; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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