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Regarding the joint burial of former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, who died in November 2019 at the age of 101, the government decided at a cabinet meeting on September 25, 2008 to allocate around 96 million yen of the funds from book online. There are many voices of surprise about the amount.
There are many doubts about paying a large amount of money in taxes, but the Cabinet Office explained that “the government made an appropriate decision taking into account past precedents.”
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Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (from Prime Minister’s Official Residence Site)
Some people show their understanding, such as “A state guest comes from a foreign country.”
Mr. Nakasone’s joint burial was postponed due to the influence of the new corona virus, but it will take place at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Takanawa, Tokyo starting at 2:00 p.m. on October 17.
The big topic on the internet came up when the Sankei Shimbun reported the amount of the joint burial in an article on the web version around noon on September 25.
Surprising voices were raised on Twitter, etc. For a cost of almost 100 million yen, and in Yahoo! Real-time Search Trend Rankings, “Nakasone” became a hot topic, taking first place on the night of the same day.
There were many doubts and criticisms about the amount, and there were a series of voices like “Where does it mean to do it with taxes? There was also the opinion that “a reform on how to use such taxes is necessary” and “people who want to make money through financing in the cloud should do so”.
On the other hand, on the online bulletin boards, there are also posts showing understanding of tax entry.
The funeral of former British Prime Minister Thatcher, who died at the age of 87 in 2013, was reported to have been treated in the same way as the national funeral that Queen Elizabeth attended, and cost around 1.5 billion yen. For this reason, it is written that “the funeral of a person who has been the leader of a country for many years is so common” and “I wonder if it is not possible to budget for a national guest from a foreign country.”
“We look at life’s achievements and past precedents,” the Cabinet Office said.
On September 25, the Cabinet Office Joint Funeral Preparation Office explained to J-CAST News that Mr. Nakasone had paid more than 90 million yen for his joint burial.
“The fact that he has experience as prime minister does not mean that he is going to have a joint funeral. The cabinet decides it based on his life achievements and past precedents. I think there are several opinions, but I think it was a good one. decision. “
Of the expenses, the rent for the hotel venue is high, and it is said that it also costs to set up the ceremony platform such as flowers and decorations. The number of people attending is currently being adjusted, but is expected to reach hundreds.
More recently, there was a case of the late Kiichi Miyazawa, former prime minister of Japan, as a joint burial of former prime ministers, and it is said to have cost more than half, although not as much as Mr. Nakasone. The rank of the medal awarded to the former prime minister is said to be not directly related.
There are three types of funerals: joint funerals, national funerals, and national funerals. The latter are only from the late former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and the late former Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, respectively. Also, like Mr. Nakasone, the two of them have received the great medal of their lives.
As a former Prime Minister, the late former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka is said to have taken into account the fact that he died as a criminal defendant, although the joint burial was not held.
(Hiroyuki Noguchi, J-CAST News Editorial Department)
