China News Service, September 16 According to Kyodo News, Japan’s Shinzo Abe’s cabinet resigned on the morning of the 16th local time.
On August 28, local time, Abe, who had just become the longest consecutive prime minister in Japanese history, suddenly announced that he had decided to resign as prime minister due to a medical condition.
At about 5 pm on August 28, local time, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation as prime minister at a press conference.
The picture shows the news conference broadcast on the outdoor big screen.
On the 14th, the current Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and will formally take over as the prime minister of Japan on the 16th to form a new cabinet.
Earlier, Shinzo Abe had stated that "Yoshihide Suga is the new president most commensurate with the Reiwa era."