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Australian PM plus 3 former PMs to attend Shinzo Abe funeral

FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, is welcomed by his Australian counterpart John Howard at Howard's office in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 8, 2007. Australia will be represented by its government leader plus three former leaders at Abe’s state funeral this month in an extraordinary mark of respect for Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, that former Prime Ministers Howard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull would join Australia’s official delegation. (AP Photo/Toru Yamanaka, Japan Pool) FILE - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, listens to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott during a meeting with members of Abbott's cabinet on national security at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on July 8, 2014. Australia will be represented by its government leader plus three former leaders at Abe’s state funeral this month in an extraordinary mark of respect for Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, that former Prime Ministers Abbott, John Howard and Malcolm Turnbull would join Australia’s official delegation. (Jason Reed/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, center, and Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, right, are briefed by a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer on a surface-to-air Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile interceptor launcher vehicle and a Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle at Narashino Exercise Area in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2018. Australia will be represented by its government leader plus three former leaders at Abe’s state funeral this month in an extraordinary mark of respect for Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, that former Prime Ministers Turnbull, John Howard and Tony Abbott would join Australia’s official delegation.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Australian PM plus 3 former PMs to attend Shinzo Abe funeral