Illness forces Japanese PM Abe to stand down

Illness forces Japanese PM Abe to stand down
Shinzo Abe (Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP)

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, says he is resigning because a chronic illness has resurfaced.

Concerns about his health began over the summer and grew this month when he visited a Tokyo hospital two weeks in a row for unspecified check-ups.

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