Also the cost of the funeral was 1.6 billion yen, which is definitely not "a few yen." It's crazy to think that taxpayers would be just fine with that.

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/20220921-OYT1T50164/

I put it down to the diverging opinion between gov and people on the effectiveness of Abe's policies (Abenomics, defense, etc)