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Shigeru Ishiba, a 63-year-old hawkish former defense minister and Abe's archrival, is a favorite next leader in media surveys.
Japanese media have said he was actually undergoing treatment for ulcerative colitis, a chronic digestive condition
Japan''s Prime Minister''s Office said the report could not be immediately confirmed, but that Abe was believed to be meeting top ruling officials at the party headquarters
Officials here said that Abe and US Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond discussed solidifying cooperation between the US Space Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Space Operations
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga also dismissed speculation that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may step down for health reasons
Abe marked his 2,799th consecutive day in office since returning to leadership in late 2012 for a second term
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday returned to a hospital in Tokyo a week after a seven-hour "health checkup", amid rumours about his health
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While Japan's total death toll remains close to the number the US sees in a day, the public fears Japan may be sitting on a ticking time bomb
The number of such "non-regular" workers posted its biggest drop on record in April, declining by 970,000 to 2.02 million. Women accounted for 710,000 of the decline
While US and European policymakers have shifted from crisis-response to efforts to prop up growth, Japan is struggling to do so as it continues to focus on preventing a second wave of infection
The latest package includes 33 trillion yen in direct spending, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said.
The move meant that the whole country would now have the social distancing curbs loosened, after an initial lifting of restrictions for most areas on May 14
Social distancing curbs were removed for most of the country on May 14 as new infections fell, but the government had kept Tokyo and four other prefectures under watch
Abe wants Japanese companies to build 2,000 ventilators to add to an unused stock of 4,700 already in hospitals
In view of the surge in daily new cases in Maharashtra, the state government is likely to extend lockdown in major coronavirus hotspots, including Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, Malegaon and Solapur
In Russia, new cases exceeded 10,000 for the first time, while the death toll in Britain mounted near that of Italy, the epicenter of Europes outbreak