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The Japanese public remains polarized over plans for a rare state funeral in honor of recently assassinated former prime minister Abe Shinzo.
With the end of the age of the samurai, the new Meiji government set off to curb any sign of “barbarity” within Japan – which, briefly, included cremation.
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