Special Envoy from Niue govt

to Japan

at the Japan State Funeral of

the former PM of Japan - Mr Shinzo Abe

27 September, 2022 -Nippon Budokan,Tokyo

It was an honour for Jayson Vemoa to accept the request by the Government of Niue as ‘Special Envoy to Japan from Niue’ at the State Funeral of the Former Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Shinzo Abe on the 27th September, 2022.

The Hon. Shinzo Abe

- former Prime Minister of Japan

Nippon Budokan, Tokyo Japan (Photo Japan MOFA)

Dignitaries from countries all around the world who came to pay their last respects to Shinzo Abe (Photo Japan MOFA)

Inside the Nippon Budokan, Tokyo Japan (Photo Japan Media)

Mr Jayson Vemoa and his wife from Japan laying the flowers of commemoration for Mr Shinzo Abe at the State Funeral . (Photo Japan MOFA)

Paying our last respects and deepest condolences in prayer for the Hon. Mr Shinzo Abe’s warm friendship to Niue at his State Funeral in the Nippon Budokan, Tokyo Japan. (Photo Japan MOFA)

Happier times when meeting for PALM08 in 2018 with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with Niue Govt in Japan, he told us it was a no tie event day in government, so we wore no ties for this government meeting. (Photo Japan Government)

Photo Japan-Niue-Friendship

SUGA Yoshihide 菅 義偉 - former Prime Minister of Japan and dear friend to Mr Abe

(PHOTO: Japan TV)

Tanka Poem Yamagata Aritomo had written in memory of the late ITO Hirobumi, Yamagata’s dear and long-time dear friend.

Mr Prime Minister, no other verse encapsulates my thoughts as well as that poem.

The friend I spent innumerable hours with,

immersed in deep discussions

has now left me behind.

How can I live my own life

or further the life of the nation

from this day forth?

I am beset by an all-consuming sadness and an overwhelming sense of loss

Mr Prime Minister, thankyou very much from the bottom of my heart.

- end of Eulogy by SUGA Yoshihide 菅 義

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