Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister official residence in Tokyo on Friday (Aug 28, 2020). Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced onFriday that he will resign over health problems, in a bombshell development that kicks off a leadership contest in the world's third-largest economy. - AFP
TOKYO, Aug 28, 2020 (AFP): Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday he will resign over health problems, in a development that kicks off a leadership contest in the world's third-largest economy.
"I have decided to step down from the post of the prime minister," he told a press conference, saying he was suffering from a recurrence of the ulcerative colitis that ended his first term in office.
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