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Friday, September 23, 2022

Sept. 27, 2022 -- U.S. official delegation to State Funeral of Shinzo Abe, former PM of Japan

 Who will represent the United States at the State Funeral of Prime Minister Abe?  He died July 2022

and his funeral in Tokyo is to be held, by invitation-only 

LEADING the delegation is Vice-President Kamala Harris

current U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel

Current U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai

U.S. Senator (TN) Bill Hagerty who was a former ambassador to Japan

Philip Gordon, assistant to Pres. Joe Biden and National Security Advisor to the Vice-President

Admiral Michael Mullin (Retired) former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Caroline Kennedy, Ambassador to Australia and former ambassador to Japan

J. Thomas Schieffer, former ambassador to both Australia and Japan

John V. Roos, former ambassador to Japan

Richard L. Armitage, former deputy Secretary of State

Stephen J. Hadley, former assistant to the President for national security affairs

1 comment:

Timothy Shaw said...

state Funerals in Japan are usually reserved for members of the imperial family