Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe checks in at Tokyo hospital amid speculation about health
TOKYO - Amid speculation about his health, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe checked in to a hospital in Tokyo on Monday for what an aide called "a one-day regular health checkup."
The 65-year-old premier has been undergoing health checkups at the hospital about every six months, and his previous visit was on June 13. A hospital source said the current visit is to conduct an additional test after the June checkup. Abe abruptly resigned in 2007 one year into his first stint as the nation's leader, due to an intestinal disease. He was admitted to the same Keio University Hospital a day after announcing his intention to step down in September that year.
The premier is known to usually take his summer vacation at his holiday home in Yamanashi Prefecture after attending a ceremony marking Japan's surrender in World War II on Aug. 15 every year. This year, he has stayed at his home in Tokyo instead amid a resurgence of coronavirus infections in the country.
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