Abe will reportedly announce the resignation at a 3 pm meeting of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ending his run as the country’s longest serving premier.
Former defence and finance ministers, who align themselves with Shinzo Abe and his policies, are the most likely successors to lead the world's third-largest economy.
Both Moon and Japan's Shinzo Abe have taken cautious moves in recent years on the anniversary marking Japan's World War II surrender that ended its colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula.
Abe’s approval slid to a record low as the public fears Japan may be sitting on a ticking time bomb even as its death toll remains close to the number the US sees in a day.
Abe said the stimulus package, equivalent to 20% of the Japan’s annual economic output, is to help face the biggest crisis since the end of World War II.
The postponement will be first since modern games began in 19th century and make Tokyo 2020 Olympics the biggest sporting event called off due to COVID-19.
As of 18 March, Japan had only a little more than 900 confirmed cases despite being one of the first countries to be hit by coronavirus outside of China.
Indian sampradayas have to institutionalise their knowledge and boil it down to essentials for transmission and proselytisation if they are to compete with the major Abrahamic sects.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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