Jake Adelstein and Andrew Salmon, Asia Times: End of an Abe era for Japan
As Japan’s longest-serving premier steps down with a mixed legacy all eyes are already on potential successors
TOKYO/SEOUL – Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, 65, announced his resignation on Friday.
Citing ill health, he told a press conference in Tokyo that as he “cannot make any mistake in terms of important decision making,” he was not “ready to respond to the mandate by the public.”
Due to this, “I made a judgment I should not continue my job as prime minister,” Abe said.
Stating that he had “pulled out all stops for my job as prime minister,” Abe said he now needed “to fight against the disease and be treated,” as he was “not in a perfect state, in terms of health conditions.”
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 28, 2020
Explainer: What do we know about the health of Japan's Shinzo Abe? -- Elaine Lies, Reuters
What Happens To Abenomics With Abe Gone? -- Zero Hedge
Japan's Abe is out. But his economic legacy will last for decades -- Charles Riley and Julia Horowitz, CNN Business
Who could lead Japan after Abe? -- AFP
What’s Next for U.S.-Japan ‘Special Relationship’ -- A. Herman, National Review
A Cold War with China? -- Zack Brown, National Interest
US sanctions on Chinese firm at centre of South China Sea island-building ‘could ripple across Asia’ -- Bhavan Jaipragas, SCMP
Coronavirus: Is the rate of growth in Africa slowing down? -- Peter Mwai and Christopher Giles, BBC
Saudi-Pakistan Rift Develops Over India -- Simon Henderson, Washington Institute
ISIS is using the COVID distraction to rearm and regroup -- Ilan Berman, USA Today
What Was Really Behind Navalny’s Poisoning? -- Diana Kadi, National Interest
In Wake of Suspected Poisoning, Navalny’s Allies Vow to Soldier On -- Evan Gershkovich, Moscow Times
With Donald Trump and this election, it feels ominously like 2016 all over again -- Nathan Robinson, The Guardian
