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Shinzeo Abe, Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister stepped down today.
There had been speculation about the PM's health, visiting the hospital twice in the last two weeks.
Our Hong Yoo has the latest.
Prime Minister Abe announced his resignation on Friday because his health has deteriorated to the point that he cannot properly perform his duties...seven years and eight months after he was inaugurated.
"I cannot make any mistakes in terms of important decision-making. The support of the public - I needed to respond to this with confidence. I cannot do this and I made a decision to not continue my job as Prime Minister."
'Ulcerative colitis', which Abe has had since he was 16 years old, also caused him to resign during a previous term back in 2007.
To replace him, a leadership race in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is most likely to begin in two or three weeks.
The party's new leader will fill in as Prime Minister for the rest of Abe's term, which ends in September 2021.
But whoever that is, he or she will have to deal with the surging COVID-19 outbreak in Japan and the country's biggest economic slump on record.
Experts say that relations between Seoul and Tokyo during Abe's administration have been the worst since South Korea's liberation.
But it is highly unlikely that Abe's resignation will fundamentally improve those ties.
One possible successor is Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga who has been a loyal member of the party since Abe's first term, and helped him run again for top office in 2012.
He's not believed to be interested in improving bilateral relations.
Another potential successor is Defense Minister Taro Kono.
Prior to serving as defense minister, he served in other key posts such as foreign minister and minister for administrative reform.
But like Abe, he takes a strongly conservative view of the row with South Korea over wartime history.
In Seoul, a spokesperson for the Blue House said Friday that the Moon administration hopes Abe recovers soon and that South Korea and the next prime minister can work together to promote bilateral cooperation.
Hong Yoo, Arirang News.

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