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Japanese Prime Minister Abe suddenly visited the hospital this morning (17th). It is said that he received a test that he did not receive at the medical examination two months ago. Recently, Prime Minister Abe's health abnormality has become increasingly common.

This is Yoo Seong-jae's correspondent from Tokyo.

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Prime Minister Abe visited a university hospital in Tokyo this morning.

I had a close examination at this hospital in mid-June, and I came back to the hospital in just two months.

An official in the Prime Minister's Office emphasized that Abe went for a test that was not received in June in time for the vacation, and that it is a regular checkup.

However, the recent rumors of Prime Minister Abe's health abnormalities are continuing.

On the 4th, a weekly newspaper reported that Prime Minister Abe vomited blood in his office at the beginning of last month, and Secretary Suga has rapidly evolved.

[Suga/Japan Secretary of State (last 4 days): I meet (with Prime Minister Abe) every day. I am calmly devoting myself to my job, and I think there is no problem (for health).]

Private broadcaster NTV said Prime Minister Abe was unable to take a day off for 147 days from January to June due to corona response. The Prime Minister's Office official said that it started.

Prime Minister Abe didn't hold a single press conference in July, when the coronavirus rapidly re-proliferated in Japan, and the two press conferences held this month were hurriedly ended.

At the time of the first power of office in 2006, there was a time when he retired because of ulcerative colitis, a chronic disease in just one year.

It is explained that the chronic disease has improved a lot with medicine, but it is pointed out that recently it is re-raising the health idealism through a'reclusive' occupation that does not show the public face well.

(Video coverage: Han Cheol-min, Video editing: Jang Hyun-ki)