Shinzo Abe: Japan’s Prime Minister to resign, according to public broadcaster
Speaking to reporters, Hiroshige Seko, a senior executive with Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said the prime minister had expressed his intention to resign to party officials. A government aide told CNN that they had also been informed of Abe’s intentions to stand down.
Abe had been expected to hold a press conference later on Friday to update on the coronavirus situation in Japan.
Abe is Japan’s longest-serving head of government in terms of consecutive days in office.
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