TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced his resignation Friday after a consecutive seven years and eight months that marked the longest unbroken stint in that office in the nation's history.
Abe visits the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima with then-U.S. President Barack Obama on May 27, 2016, after the Group of Seven summit. Obama was the first sitting U.S. leader to visit the city.
Japan after Abe
In pictures: Looking back on Abe's tenure, from Hiroshima to Mario
Record-breaking premier steps down after seven-plus years at helm
Read Next
Latest on Japan after Abe
20201002024409590_Data.jpg?width=178&fit=cover&gravity=faces&dpr=2&quality=medium&source=nar-cms&format=auto&height=100)