News alert: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expresses intent to step down due to declining health, reports say

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News Alert Friday, August 28

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expresses intent to step down due to declining health, reports say

According to reports on Friday by NHK and other Japanese media, Abe expressed his intention to step down due to his declining health. Concerns about Abe’s chronic health issues, simmering since earlier this summer, intensified this month when he visited a Tokyo hospital two weeks in a row for unspecified health checkups, The Associated Press reported.

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