Abe hospitalized after resigning

Friday, September 14, 2007

TOKYO -- Japan's ruling party rushed to fill a power vacuum left by the resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was hospitalized Thursday for exhaustion but defended his snap decision to step down.

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