The state funeral for the assassinated former prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, began at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Franck Robichon/VCG

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida takes part in the state funeral for Shinzo Abe. Photo: Leah Millis/VCG

Akie Abe walks past Fumio Kishida carrying her late husband’s ashes. Photo: Philip Fong/VCG

Former prime ministers of Japan Yoshiro Mori (right), Junichiro Koizumi, Yasuo Fukuda and Taro Aso (left second) attended the funeral. Photo: Eugene Hoshiko/IC photo

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the funeral. Photo: Kim Kyung-hoon/IC photo

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for the funeral. About 4,300 guests attended the service, according to a Japan Times report. Photo: Franck Robichon/IC photo

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force fire cannons in the Nippon Budokan grounds for the funeral. Photo: Rodrigo Reyes Marin/VCG

People lay flowers in rememberance of Shinzo Abe in Tokyo. This is Japan’s second state funeral for a former prime minister under its current constitution since 1967, when one was held for Shigeru Yoshida. Photo: David Mareuil/VCG

Protesters gather in a demonstration against the funeral near the Nippon Budokan. Photo: Yuichi Yamazaki/VCG

Police officers patrol around the Nippon Budokan ahead of the funeral. Japan deployed about 20,000 police officers to ensure security in Tokyo. The cost of the funeral has been estimated at 1.7 billion yen ($11.7 million). Photo: VCG