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The ceremony will be held at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, a large venue that has hosted concerts and sports events, and was used for Japan’s last state funeral for a former prime minister in 1967.Government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said Abe’s record as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, his “truly praiseworthy” achievements, and his ties with foreign leaders made a state funeral appropriate.