Explainer: How does Japan's Abe score on his policy agenda?


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  • Monday, 24 Aug 2020

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a news conference in Tokyo, Japan May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the nation's longest serving premier, visited a Tokyo hospital on Monday as concerns deepened about his ability to continue in his post due to health issues and fatigue from handling the coronavirus crisis.

Here are key elements of Abe's record since returning to office in December 2012. He ended a first troubled 2006-2007 term as premier by quitting abruptly, citing ill health.

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