China News Service, July 10. According to Yonhap News Agency's report on the 10th, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue will go to the Japanese Embassy in South Korea to express condolences to the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
According to the report, Yin Xiyue also decided to send an envoy composed of South Korean Prime Minister Han Deok-soo and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Jeong Jin-suk to Japan to express condolences to Abe.
The envoy will visit Japan as the special envoy of the President to attend a memorial service jointly sponsored by the Japanese government and the Liberal Democratic Party, and return to South Korea after going to Abe's cemetery to offer condolences.
The envoy's visit to Japan is expected to be scheduled on the 12th after Abe's funeral.
Taking into account Japanese funeral customs, the visit to Japan may be scheduled for the end of July or the beginning of August.
According to a related person, Abe's relatives will hold a funeral for him on the 11th, and his remains will be cremated on the 12th. The funeral attended by overseas condolences may be arranged later.
In addition, a person in the Korean President's Office said that Yin Xiyue has no plans to visit Japan.
On July 8, Abe was shot during a speech and died after being sent to the hospital at the age of 67.
In the evening of the same day, Yin Xiyue sent a message of condolence to Abe's family.