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Aug
Japan: Prime Minister Resigns The longest serving prime minister for Japan Shinzo Abe has resigned due to health reasons. He announced at a press conference on Friday that “Even though there is one year to go in my tenure and there are challenges to be met, I have decided to stand down as prime minister,”, adding that he would like to apologize to the people of Japan for being unable to fulfill his duties. Abe according to medical report suffers from colitis, a non-curable inflammatory bowel disease, which was also a factor in his sudden resignation as prime minister in…