A Fuji TV national poll conducted over the weekend asked people about the government's plan to hold a state funeral for former PM Abe Shinzo: 50.1% supported it, and 46.9% were against it. #国葬 fnn.jp/articles/-/393… 
Another poll making its way around Twitter today claims 72% opposition to Abe's state funeral. While the Fuji TV poll was a randomized telephone poll, the 373news poll did not use a random sample and was based on responses from its LINE followers. 373news.com/_kotimina/arti…
There is also a poll underway on Yahoo Japan that currently has over 170,000 responses and 68% against the state funeral. Once again, this is not a random sample so it cannot be treated as an accurate measure of national opinion. news.yahoo.co.jp/polls/43486
Fuji TV is part of the Sankei group, which is on the conservative side of the political spectrum. Its polls tend to swing a little that way. Hopefully other agencies will release their own scientific polls soon, so that we can be a better picture of overall public opinion.
On July 20th I tweeted about an NHK poll that found 49% in favor and 39% against a state funeral, but that poll was conducted on July 16-18. Now that the government has announced plans for a state funeral, the issue is getting a lot more attention.
https://twitter.com/mrjeffu/status/1549555259198287872
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