Key words : abe announced duties
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Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has formally announced his intention to resign due to a relapse of an inflammatory bowel disease.
At a news conference on Friday, Abe said that a regular checkup in June showed signs of a recurrence of ulcerative colitis, and that he began feeling physically worn down as his condition worsened around mid-July. He said doctors confirmed a relapse in early August.
Abe said he was given a new type of medicine in addition to the one he's been taking. He said a follow-up exam on Monday showed the new medicine was working, but it has to be taken continuously and the outlook is unclear.
Abe said the most important thing in politics is to produce results. He said he should never be allowed to make political misjudgments, weighed down by his illness, treatment and lack of physical strength.
He said now that he can no longer confidently respond to the people's mandate, he should not remain in his post.
Abe said he struggled in deciding when to announce his departure, given the coronavirus outbreak. But he said he chose this timing due to the recent declining trend in infections. He also cited Friday's agreement by a government taskforce on a new set of policies to deal with the virus toward winter.
Abe said he offers his heartfelt apologies to the people for quitting amid the pandemic and before realizing numerous policies. He expressed the utmost regret for failing to resolve the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals.
He also said it also breaks his heart to leave half way through his wish to conclude a peace treaty with Russia and amend Japan's Constitution.
Abe suggested that he will continue to carry out his duties until the next prime minister is in place.
Abe's tenure as the leader of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party is set to expire in September next year.
LDP lawmakers plan to decide next week how and when to elect his successor.
Key words : Trump respect
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US President Donald Trump has paid respect to Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo after he announced his intention to resign.
Trump told reporters on Friday aboard the Air Force One presidential aircraft that he had a great relationship with Abe, calling him a "great friend."
The president called Abe a great gentleman and said he was paying his "highest respect." He said he feels very bad for Abe having to leave, because he loves his country so much.
Abe met Trump after he had won the 2016 presidential election but before assuming the post. They have established a friendly relationship since then, sometimes through playing golf together.
A White House official called Trump's relationship with Abe the most friendly among the world leaders.
Key words : Trump telephone
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Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is making arrangements to hold telephone talks with US President Donald Trump on Monday.
The prime minister announced his intention on Friday to step down due to a relapse of his illness. He suggested he will continue to carry out his duties until the next prime minister is in place.
Abe is also considering having phone conversations with other world leaders with whom he has built relations.
The outgoing leader also plans to present an outline of Japan's new security strategy while he is in office.
He will seek to speed up discussions within the government to work out a new direction for the country's security policies, including missile defense.
Key words : abe biden
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Former US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden tweeted on Friday that he is grateful for the friendship and leadership of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Biden wrote, "I'm sad to see you step down, but I know the strong alliance between our countries and peoples will continue for generations to come."
French President Emmanuel Macron said during a media briefing on Friday that Abe made efforts to modernize the Japanese economy and society, giving a more important role to women, which he said he believed were the core of Abenomics policies.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said Abe has provided valuable assistance to the development of relations between the two nations. He said Iran appreciates Abe's attention to their ties.
Abe's visit to Iran in June last year was the first by a Japanese prime minister in 41 years. He met Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other officials.
Key words : financial market
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Financial market players are eager to see whether the Bank of Japan will maintain its easy money policy following the news that Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is to resign.
Abe's hand-picked central bank governor Kuroda Haruhiko assumed office in March 2013 and launched massive monetary-easing measures.
The BOJ has loosened its monetary policy in line with Abe's economic policies, dubbed Abenomics.
The Japanese yen's value has declined under the policy, giving a boost to exporters. And the Nikkei stock average recovered to the 20,000-mark from under 10,000.
On Friday, after Abe's decision to resign was reported, shares were sold on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, causing the Nikkei to drop more than 600 points at one point.
Market players are now watching whether the BOJ will maintain its large-scale monetary-easing measures that helped to keep the yen low and stock prices high.
The BOJ says the measures should be continued to support the economy, as the Japanese and global economies have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
The BOJ is scheduled to hold a two-day policy board meeting from September 16.
Key words : how and when kishida
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One day after Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's surprise announcement of his resignation for health reasons, the battle to succeed him has already begun, with several candidates signaling their intentions to contest the premiership.
LDP Policy Research Council Chairperson Kishida Fumio says, "My commitment to continue working to become the next leader remains unchanged."
Former LDP Secretary-General Ishiba Shigeru says, "What will the people of the country think? If it is my duty to meet their expectations, I cannot think in a self-serving way."
A candidate wanting to succeed Abe will need to win the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidency.
How and when that will happen is expected to be decided at a General Council meeting on Tuesday.
In normal circumstances, an open election would be held in which all 394 LDP party lawmakers plus an equal number of members nationwide vote.
But the party is now thinking of a faster option to avoid a political vacuum, the vote of all members of Parliament and just 141 prefectural members.
There are some more likely contenders. Former internal affairs minister Noda Seiko has also shown a readiness to join, while some party members are hopeful of a bid by Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide.
Defense Minister Kono Taro, Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu and LDP election strategy chief Shimomura Hakubun have said that they will discuss with their party allies whether to run.
Executive Acting Secretary-General of the LDP, Inada Tomomi, has long expressed an ambition to run for the leadership, but she said on a TV program that the bar is set very high.
On Saturday, high level LDP officials met and may have discussed when to hold an extraordinary Diet session to vote to select the next prime minister.
Some party executives insist the new party president should be chosen by September 15, in light of moves by opposition parties to merge into a new force.
Key words : thousands of
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Thousands of people have taken part in an anti-racism rally in Washington on the 57th anniversary of the civil rights march in which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
The rally comes as protests continue over the police shooting of Black man Jacob Blake in Wisconsin on Sunday.
Participants in Washington gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial. They said discrimination against Black people is still a problem more than half a century since King Jr.'s speech.
The younger brother of George Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody in Minnesota in May, also took part. He said change is happening because people are demanding it.
The 12-year-old granddaughter of King Jr. said her generation will end police brutality, systemic racism and poverty. The participants then marched to the Martin Luther King memorial.
Key words : reopen London
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The British Museum in London has reopened after being closed for nearly half a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The museum welcomed back visitors on Thursday while taking measures to prevent infection.
The vast museum used to have about 17,000 visitors a day. But it now accepts 2,000 and requires them to make a reservation in advance.
The museum also requires visitors to wear face coverings and follow a set route through the museum, taking in only selected areas.
The museum says the latest closure since March was the longest in its history of about 260 years, except for wartime.
Museum officials say they plan to expand the areas for visitors from next month.
Key words : reality show
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A 23-year-old woman who appeared in a popular Japanese reality show has been found dead in Tokyo.
Sources familiar with the situation say Hamasaki Maria apparently committed suicide. Police are investigating.
Hamasaki was a cast member in the online TV show "Suddenly, marriage," which is distributed by the Japanese video streaming website ABEMA.
In the show, a man and woman take part in a fictitious wedding ceremony and go on to live together for 30 days to see whether they could, in real life, actually get married to each other.
Before the series in which she appears was distributed, Hamasaki wrote in her blog that she seriously wanted to get married and that she would be happy if viewers learned something from her experience.
According to Hamasaki's website, she had set up an online service selling South Korean cosmetics and was working as a model.
In a comment issued after her death, ABEMA announced the suspension of the program while offering its sincere condolences to her family and those close to her. It has also vowed to provide as much support as possible for the cast as well as those who were involved in the show.
Key words : Ofunato
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The season's first Pacific saury fishing boat docked early Saturday at a port in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.
The vessel offloaded a catch of only around 4 tons, less than 20 percent of last year's first haul.
Saury fishing by large vessels started this year on August 20. But a dearth of fish stocks in waters off the northern island of Hokkaido has forced the boats to operate on the high seas of the northern Pacific.
At Saturday's auction at the port, some of the saury sold for as high as 3,250 yen, or 31 dollars, per kilo, more than three times last year's price.
Annual saury catches have been shrinking across Japan. In Ofunato, a center of saury fishing, cumulative hauls last year slumped to less than 10,000 tons. They are expected to fall even further.
The boat's chief fisherman, Matsuya Yutaka, says after 40 years of catching saury, he feels fish stocks are now in an annual decline.
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