Shinzo Abe: Japanese Prime Minister resigns for health reasons – BBC News

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has resigned for health reasons. He said he did not want his illness in the way of making decisions, and apologized to the Japanese for not fulfilling his mandate. He has been suffering from ulcerative colitis for 65 years, a disease of the intestines, but recently said his condition was deteriorating. Last year, he became a former prime minister of Japan. He took office in 2012. He will remain in office until the next one is elected. He resigned as prime minister in 2007 due to his struggle with ulcerative colitis, a chronic condition he had experienced since he was a teenager. Mr. Abe has a very conservative and nationalist reputation, and stimulates growth with the aggressive economic policy known as “Abenomics”. Subscribe HERE .

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