The minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, which is the longest service prime minister, will be resigning from his post owing to health reasons,according to the sources. The decision comes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but Abe didn’t want to cause problems to the government due to his chronic health conditions, according to the sources.
政治においては、その職に何日間、在職したかではなくて、何を成し遂げたかが問われるのだろうと思いますが、この７年８か月、国民の皆様にお約束した政策を実行するため、結果を出すために、一日一日、日々、全身全霊を傾けてまいりました。 pic.twitter.com/yvmFgdNVnJ
— 安倍晋三 (@AbeShinzo) August 25, 2020
Shinzo Abe is 65 years old. Recently, he completed a record 2,799-day tenure at the helm. But there was no celebration as his health was faltering.
Abe will address a news conference today making his personal medical issues public. Japan has so far recorded only 64,668 COVID-19 cases and 1,226 deaths. The tally is not worrying, even much less than many other countries, but the economy is worst affected by the pandemic.
