Tokyo: Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Japan PM Shinzo Abe) has resigned as PM. He has been suffering from bowel disease for a long time. Shinzo Abe says that they do not want poor health to work. It was reported on Friday morning that Shinzo Abe has expressed his desire to quit as PM. This information is being given by the Japanese media. Reports from NHK and other Japanese media said that Shinzo Abe expressed his desire to step down on Friday due to his declining health. However, all the speculations came to a halt when Shinzo Abe himself announced it in a press conference.
Shinzo Abe said at the press conference, I have one more year of my term left. There is a lot to be done in this one year and I do not want work to be affected by poor health. So I have decided to step down.
Shinzo Abe suffers from intestinal ulcerative colitis disease. The exact treatment of this disease is not available. This problem has increased in the last few months. He had to be hospitalized twice this month. That is why he has not participated in any public event in the last 50 days.
Shinzo Abe is 65 years old and has completed his term of 7 years 6 months as Prime Minister. That is, he has been in office since 2803 days.
