From what I've been reading, they latched on to the genuine criticism that Abe shouldn't have a state funeral as that's reserved for the Emperor (sort of like how the Queen in the UK gets a state funeral but no pm would)
So they inserted the wedge using that issue and hoping to push harder to cause cracks and fractures in a place that has been extremely hard to influence due to tradition and cultural attitudes. The best way we can help stop this is target them in the west either by elections, buying or entertainment choice and deprive them of funds and power at home so they don't have the resources to try and corrupt another culture.
From what I've been reading, they latched on to the genuine criticism that Abe shouldn't have a state funeral as that's reserved for the Emperor (sort of like how the Queen in the UK gets a state funeral but no pm would)
So they inserted the wedge using that issue and hoping to push harder to cause cracks and fractures in a place that has been extremely hard to influence due to tradition and cultural attitudes. The best way we can help stop this is target them in the west either by elections, buying or entertainment choice and deprive them of funds and power at home so they don't have the resources to try and corrupt another culture.
Nationalists need to win hard in America. Whatever becomes the dominant social trend here, Japan follows.