Shinzo Abe’s state funeral on Tuesday will be attended by leaders, diplomats and dignitaries from all around the world. Abe, the former Japanese Prime Minister, was killed in July this year after being shot at a political event. A private funeral was held on July 12, four days after he was killed.

Japanse PM Fumio Kishida will practice “funeral diplomacy”, a term he used to describe a series of meetings with foreign officials and state leaders. He also faced a national backlash for organising the event.

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US Vice President Kamala Harris as well as the leaders from Australia, India, Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore will be there. Kishida says the event will provide an opportunity for him to engage in “funeral diplomacy.”

The government said last week that 4,300 attendants, including foreign dignitaries, Japanese lawmakers, municipal leaders and representatives from business, cultural and other areas, are attending — fewer than the 6,000 invited.

A detailed list has not been made public.

Many opposition members, including the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Japanese Communist Party, are boycotting the funeral. A former minister in the governing party will also stay away.

In a rush of planned meetings, Kishida was to hold talks with about 40 foreign dignitaries over the next few days at the Akasaka state guest house in Tokyo.

Kishida met on Monday with US VP Kamala Harris, Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte and about 10 other foreign dignitaries.

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Harris said that “the alliance between Japan and the United States is a cornerstone of what we believe is integral to peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.”

Kishida will meet Indian PM Modi and his Australian counterpart  Anthony Albanese on Tuesday.