Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving Japanese prime minister in history, will resign due to health reasons, according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, citing sources close to Abe.
Speaking to reporters, Hiroshige Seko, a senior executive with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said the prime minister had expressed his intention to resign to party officials. A government aide told CNN that they had also been informed of Abe's intentions to stand down.
Abe had been expected to hold a press conference later on Friday to update on the coronavirus situation in Japan.
Markets reacted negatively to the impending announcement. Japan's benchmark Nikkei index closed down 1.4% Friday after the news broke. It initially tumbled more than 2% before paring losses. The Japanese yen, a traditional save haven currency, rose 0.3% against the US dollar.
On Monday morning, Abe visited Keio University Hospital in Tokyo for what was his second hospital visit in a week. Abe suffers from colitis, a non-curable inflammatory bowel disease, which was also a factor in his sudden resignation as prime minister in 2007, ending his first term after just over a year in office.
He was reelected in 2012. Since then he has been the dominant force in Japanese politics, winning a landslide third term in 2017 and a fourth in 2019, despite multiple scandals and plummeting popularity.
Under Abe, his right-wing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has also seen major success, benefiting from the fracturing of its long-term rival Democratic Party, which split in two in 2017. Abe leaves the LDP in control of both houses of parliament, with a large majority in the lower House of Representatives.
That success should guarantee an LDP successor to Abe. Japan is not a presidential system, instead the country's leader is chosen by parliamentarians, so the next LDP leader, whoever that is, should have an easy path to becoming prime minister.
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He has for a long time suffered from ulcerative colitis, he is not getting younger so it’s the right move. Hope he takes the time and gets better soon.
If you have Evil Minds, like his grandfather…..of course….he will suffer from Chronic Colitis, Mental Illness.
@Msl G I guess his grandfather should have aligned with the war criminal Hideki Tojo?
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Wake up people.:
https://youtu.be/REEaKB_1lkc
CH Kiranmai no he blocked the trade first and then loosened it only a bit and he acted as if he is generous. Ugh!
Wish him well he’s been a big and good part of Japan
Exactly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZalqHgdoXE
when a man realize he can’t do it. he say i cant and i resign.
pro code
Amazing, a leader with honor and humility who takes responsibility for things!
Lukashenko: hold my tank
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SLEEPER SLEEPER hi China
Wake up people.:
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a rarity of today, seeing a world leader with humility
@Ray Golfer “It’s only countries that have rampant corruption or elect a clown that have bad people in charge.”
I guess you didn’t know that this guy has been involved in multiple corruption scandals throughout his administration…
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Matt manning I heard about it one time!
The Japanese are a people of humility, honor, and respect.
Wake up people.:
https://youtu.be/REEaKB_1lkc
best of luck and best of health mr Abe. A statesman in a world of frauds wishing they were.
@ Patronius Arbiter and you’re the ultimate idiot..congratulations.
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yeshttps://youtu.be/0AcMp9JJ8q0
So sad for Japan may your next leader be just as honorable and humble.
Every man to its own. People trying to persuade me that he wasn’t a horrible leader are keyboard warriors who have no social life.
Amazing, a leader with honor and humility who takes responsibility for things!
@D K Go look at your dying South Korea run by evil North Korean spy President who never admit wrongdoings.
Darth Ellok who’s this pathetic minded lil kid?
D K people keep saying he was a bad leader bla bla bla, why though? Do you have any examples as to why Abe wasn’t a good leader?
“In politics, results are everything.”
Not in our good old Murica
No, result only driven politics laeds to moral decay and dictatorial policies from the likes of hittler and Trump, what is wrong with people, did you hear such a foolish thought at some corporate retreat or the like, you realize that you just advocated the age old saying, the ends justify any means
Amazing, a leader with honor and humility who takes responsibility for things!
Are the SEALs who killed bin Laden alive?🤔
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takes a leader to step back when they are not fully up to the task.
good luck dude
@Patronius Arbiter A coward is the orange face that runs your country.
@Patronius Arbiter You must know a lot about being a coward, don’t you.
I mean donald trump and abe are on the same line, they literally did so much bad and left/is probably gonna leave because they didn’t want the blame to themselves lmao
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A True Leader
So sad to hear Shinzo Abe is ill and resigning, he is well respected around the world. We pray and wish him good health and swift healing.
@Fatt Philosopher Respected? You don’t follow history much. Japanese confuse honor and respect.
@coreans wahoo In your opinion they do. I am actually quite the Japanese history buff and have lived 25 years in the country.
@Fatt Philosopher Have you visited the shrine of war criminals? How about he mound of noses? Great ways to exercise honor and respect right?
@coreans wahoo It’s 2020 dude, not 1940. Every country has their assh*les. I am not going to judge all of america by the KKK members, and neither should you judge Japan the same way
@Fatt Philosopher It could be 3020. If the countries don’t renounce their past sins, what honor do they have. Does the US honor KKK today? Do Germans celebrate the holocaust? I don’t judge all of the people of Japan. It’s just bad taste that the grandson of a war criminal was in power and that the monuments respecting them still stand.
His medical condition is very painful, the last thing he needs is stress from running a 130 millions country.
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Mauritius Japanese oil spill.. Does he care about dead dolphins ? No!!!
😥😥 All the very best to him. He had previously stepped down but he has done so well to come back and continue up to this point.
A true example of a Leader whose not a “Power greedy”. MAD RESPECT!
@Skara Caesar learn what? Abe resign due to his illness
AMERICA GOD BLESS yep i know. Not all politicians can able to give up their position even their life’s at risk. 😏
Hai Coai are you advertising your channel? 🤷🏻♂️
moisturizer trump needs to learn from him and step down because he’s terrible and by the way I supported him.
@Abraham Berhane OK，he is terrible. vote for him and I support you
knowing Japan’s conservative culture, his illness could be more severe than what it reveals
Yes, they tend to suffer in silence.
Amazing, a leader with honor and humility who takes responsibility for things!
Yeah, and I believe that even if his illness gets more severe, he wouldn’t have chosen to resign at this very moment if it were not for the coming showdown between China and the US. He has done what he could and would for Japan through this era, and he knows exactly when to leave the next for the newcomers.
@Xingdong Ren Wise comment
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What The Left Won’t Tell You About The Plight Of Black People And The Myth Of Systemic Racism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M5gWnuqkVI
The historic truth of the democrat and republican parties:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_a7dQXilCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OURy5WFp0zk
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#WalkAway
This is what leadership should be all about. Humility and acknowledgement that the position is a public office and not a private enterprise to be exploited.
May God Almighty touch Abel during his treatment and grant him peace.
@Mike Hall look how the original commentator never mentioned your King Trump, and yet you still got all emotional. I think that’s what you call a snowflake right?
Rob N 👈. Sure he was mentioned. Read between the lines. You know it you are just trying to be sly aren’t ya? Emotional? Lol.
mary nyaga Well said & God Bless! This why regardless of any personal feelings/opinion this Man deserves our prayers. Australia
Takes strength to acknowledge our weaknesses.
Biden with his dementia should learn from Abe. Biden is in no condition to lead anything. That tells us a lot abt the left who are supporting him.
“In politics, results are everything “ said Shinzo Abe
a new maxim was born 5:30
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And Corbyn got destroyed in UK, Bernie got destroiyed in the US, and soon Democrats will get destroyed as a whole in the US too.
@The standard narrative has holes in it To borrow Donnie OrangeCunt’s favorite line when he has nothing smart to say _”We’ll see what happens..”_
Oh Japanes Prime minster Shinzo Abe Resign?
I‘d really like to say him „Thank you“ for all his hard work.
he has been a disaster for rok-japan binational relations.
God bless him. Classy leader🇯🇵🇲🇰
Respect to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe battling ulcerative colitis with great humility, gratitude and value to healthy life.
Best wishes to you and to Japan………..respect from USA
@Sinful Destruction Gaming Not sure how you got disrespecting the elderly from my reply. What is done is done. No one can change history. I think you misunderstood CCP, it means Chinese Communist Party. They are to this date throwing their weight around, just look at the National Security law they imposed on Hong Kong this June. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/07/hong-kong-national-security-law-10-things-you-need-to-know/
@C Me I told you that I misread. I’m exhausted from working on some things.
@Sinful Destruction Gaming No worries.
@Ron Great stfu
@Ron Great ok you do know Japan has apologized plus it wasn’t modern Japanese people who did those war crimes so we shouldn’t be mad at modern Japan
I have had ulcerative colitis for 23 years. There is no cure. It is a horrible disease that has robbed my life of joy. I wish him well.
I hope you get some relief 🙏🏽
Blessings to you always 💗
Kat Pima i had an ileal anal anastomoses in 2003 for pan UC. You are reaching 25 years of disease so your gastroenterologist will hopefully bring this up ax’s your colon CA risk is higher. Without it, you need more frequent scopes. I’m so sorry for your suffering.
I wish you well too.
Nickie that’s right… just have to wish him well
Amazing, a leader with honor and humility who takes responsibility for things!
B how would that ever feel…. here in Mexico… the little turd people elected just called himself the second best president in the world… I’m not joking…. he did…. he is giving today his state of the union (Mexican style) and can’t stand all the lies he is spouting….
leader with honor and humility.. yeah sure.