BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan PM in surprise resignation
Page last updated at 14:07 GMT, Monday, 1 September 2008 15:07 UK Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has announced his resignation during a news conference at his official residence. The surprise announcement means the 72-year-old is resigning less than a year after he took office. His government has suffered chronic unpopularity. Lost pension records, a controversial healthcare scheme and a slid
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | What led Shinzo Abe to resign?
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has caused a political earthquake, rocking the establishment with his surprise announcement that he was stepping down. The resignation news conference was a spectacle. Japan's normally more deferent press corps demanded angrily and repeatedly: "Why?" They got little satisfaction from the answers he gave them. So what is the real reason he has decided to go? It is
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japanese prime minister resigns
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced he is resigning after less than a year in office. Mr Abe had been facing growing calls to quit since his party lost upper house elections in July, and opinion polls showed he was increasingly unpopular. Visibly distressed, he told a packed news conference that Japan needed a new leader to "fight against terrorism". His party is set to meet next week
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japanese PM 'will not stand down'
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reiterated his intention to remain in office, a day after suffering a crushing defeat in upper house polls. Mr Abe told a news conference that he took the result "very seriously" and pledged a reshuffle of his Cabinet. But he said that it was his duty to continue as premier and push forward his reform agenda. Support for Mr Abe's government has plummeted in r
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