Japanese PM Shinzo Abe calls it quits
Weakened by scandal and failure at the ballot box, Japan’s embattled prime minister announced on Wednesday he would quit after only a year in office, bowing out amid a political brawl over the country’s aid to US-led forces in Afghanistan.
By Agencies |
TOKYO: Weakened by scandal and failure at the ballot box, Japan’s embattled prime minister announced on Wednesday he would quit after only a year in office, bowing out amid a political brawl over the country’s aid to US-led forces in Afghanistan.
Shinzo Abe, at 52 Japan’s youngest post-war prime minister, surprised members of his party and even his own Cabinet by deciding to resign only days after he pledged to stake his government on success of legislation to extend a naval mission in the Indian Ocean.
“I decided a quick decision was necessary, and that a further delay would cause political confusion,” he told a nationally televised news conference.
Shinzo Abe, at 52 Japan’s youngest post-war prime minister, surprised members of his party and even his own Cabinet by deciding to resign only days after he pledged to stake his government on success of legislation to extend a naval mission in the Indian Ocean.
“I decided a quick decision was necessary, and that a further delay would cause political confusion,” he told a nationally televised news conference.
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