Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, wearing a face mask, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2020.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the nation’s longest serving premier, is set to resign due to his worsening health, a source close to a ruling party official said on Friday, sparking a slide in Tokyo stock prices and a rise in the yen.
Abe’s resignation will trigger a leadership race in the LDP, the winner of which must be formally elected in parliament. Under fire for his handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic and scandals among party members, Abe has recently seen his support fall to one of the lowest levels of his nearly eight years in office.
In a historic shift in 2014, his government reinterpreted the constitution to allow Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two.
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