China News Service, August 28. According to Japanese media news, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has basically decided to resign as Prime Minister. Prior to this, he had visited the hospital twice for medical treatment, and the examination results showed that "ulcerative colitis" had worsened. Allegedly, Abe basically decided to resign in order to avoid the impact of his illness on national affairs.

  Abe plans to hold a press conference at the Prime Minister’s residence at 5 pm local time on the 28th to explain the detailed reasons for his resignation.

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Accused of vomiting blood in the prime minister's residence

  Health conditions cause concerns

  Abe has been suffering from ulcerative colitis, which is one of the reasons why he announced his resignation less than a year as prime minister in September 2007.

  Since July 2020, Abe's health has caused concerns among all parties.

  First, on July 5, a Liberal Democratic Party congressman revealed that “I was really worried when I saw (Abe’s) face, and I felt that he had reached the limit.” In early August, the Japanese magazine "Flash" revealed that it was Abe July. He vomited blood at the Prime Minister's residence on the 6th.

  On the morning of August 17, Abe, now 65, set off from his private residence in Tokyo and went straight to Keio University Hospital where he stayed for more than 7 hours. The authorities explained that Abe was going to undergo a health check, but insiders in the Japanese government revealed that Abe may be "working hard" in dealing with the new crown epidemic.

  On August 23, Abe went to Keio University Hospital again after a week, and stayed there for more than 3 hours. After coming out of the hospital, Abe told reporters that he followed the doctor's advice to go to the hospital to listen to the previous week's inspection report. He later stated that he would hold a press conference in August to publicly explain his health problems.

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 Political family

  Won the appreciation of Mori and Koizumi

  Shinzo Abe was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan on September 21, 1954, and was born in a political family. His grandfather was a member of the Diet, his grandfather was Japanese Prime Minister Nosuke Kishi in the mid-twentieth century, and his father Shintaro Abe was the Foreign Minister of Nakasone Yasuhiro.

  In 1977, Shinzo Abe graduated from the Faculty of Law at Seikei University in Japan, majoring in politics, and then went to the University of Southern California to study. In 1979, he joined the New York branch of Kobe Steel Corporation.

  In 1982, Shinzo Abe resigned from Kobe Steel and served as a political secretary to his father, the foreign minister at the time. In 1993, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time. Shinzo Abe and Junichiro Koizumi belong to the Mori sect of the Liberal Democratic Party.

  Abe was appreciated by Yoshiro Mori and Koizumi, and successively served as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party, Deputy Secretary-General, and Chief Cabinet Secretary in the cabinets of Yoshiro Mori and Koizumi.

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 The youngest president in the history of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party

  With the longest consecutive prime minister

  On September 20, 2006, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party held a presidential election. The 51-year-old Shinzo Abe was elected, becoming the youngest president in the history of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. After that, he won more than half of the votes in the election of the prime minister of the Japanese Senate and was elected prime minister.

  The good times didn't last long. Due to the constant cabinet scandals and the ill health, Abe stepped down angrily in less than a year in the era when he was changing the prime minister.

  On September 26, 2012, Abe made a comeback and was once again elected as the new president of the Democratic Party, and thus became the first person to serve as president of the Liberal Democratic Party twice. On December 16, the 46th House of Representatives of the Japanese National Assembly held an election. The Liberal Democratic Party led by Abe won 294 of the 480 seats, becoming the biggest winner in the House of Representatives election.

  On August 24, 2020, Abe surpassed former Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato to become Japan’s longest consecutive prime minister.