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Abe in hospital as LDP seeks new PM

China Daily | Updated: 2007-09-14 07:07

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hospitalized for stress and exhaustion yesterday, a day after announcing his resignation, as his party scrambled to find a replacement amid growing calls for a general election.

Abe, 52, will remain hospitalized for at least three or four days, his doctors said, leaving the care of his scandal-scarred government with his top deputy, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kaoru Yosano.

"Some may perhaps call my decision irresponsible," Abe said in an e-mail posted after he was admitted to a Tokyo hospital yesterday afternoon. "However, I made up my mind that it would be in the very best interests of the nation, and of the people of Japan, for me to step down from my position."

Abe in hospital as LDP seeks new PM

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