Japanese PM Abe checks in at Tokyo hospital amid speculation about health

17.08.2020, 14:19 ratel.kz

Amid speculation about his health, prime minister Shinzo ABE checked in to a hospital in Tokyo on Monday for what an aide called "a one-day regular health checkup.", Abe's visit to Keio University Hospital came a day after former economy minister Akira AMARI, who is close to Abe, told a TV program that the prime minister needs some rest. The 65-year-old premier has been undergoing health checkups at the hospital about every six months, and his previous visit was on June 13. A hospital source said the current visit is to conduct an additional test after the June checkup. More than 50 media personnel gathered near the hospital as a vehicle carrying Abe entered its premises at around 10:30 a.m