No preferential consideration granted over bid for Abe state funeral: Matsuno

The Japanese company that won the proposal to organize the official burial of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later this month did not receive preferential treatment, the chief cabinet secretary said Monday.

Hirokazu Matsuno stated during a routine press briefing that only the Tokyo-based event organizer Murayama Inc, which has been involved in various controversial government-sponsored events, submitted a bid for the September 27 s....