The state funeral for former Prime Minister Abe Shinzō was announced on July 14, 2022 and approved by a cabinet decision on July 22. Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said the government had decided to hold it on the basis of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, which covers state ceremonies, and of the cabinet decision.
Critics objected to the procedure. The opposition member of parliament Yoshikawa Saori said that the decision had not passed through a vote of the Diet, and that failing to hear the Diet’s views had caused division.