Abe restored mild economic growth to Japan and enhanced the country's position on the global stage, but his handling of the coronavirus pandemic was widely criticized.
announcing his surprise resignationThe 65-year-old Abe was finally forced to concede to the ulcerative colitis intestinal disease that had brought hisAfter being treated with a new course of medication, Abe made a remarkable political comeback in 2012.
In foreign policy, the nationalistic Abe reinterpreted Japan’s pacifist constitution, passing bills in the Diet in 2015 to allow collective self-defense with its US ally — despite a lack of public support and large student-led demonstrations.
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