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A chronic illness that cut short his 1st oval office 13 years ago has come back to force shinzo up a japans longest serving Prime Minister to step down just one year before general elections abbies resignation has set off a succession battle in the ranks of the governing liberal Democratic Party at a time when the countrys grappling with the cone of ice pandemic and an economic crisis abi says stepping down is the one thing to do. I need to fight against the disease and be treated i was not really in a perfect state in terms of the Health Condition and still i have to make political decisions but important ones i cannot make any mistake. Oh the foremost of the century should so abi has dominated japans politics he comes from an influential political dynasty his grandfather was Prime Minister and his father foreign minister the conservative politician rose through the ranks of his liberal Democratic Party and became japans youngest Prime Minister since world war 2 in 2006 but that stint ended the full year due to help. 5 years later he returned if his 1st term was mauled by a political inexperience the 2nd had a renewed focus on agenda. I mean is that what became known as dont mix was a series of a vicious reforms aimed at boosting japan struggling economy his vision of a well the stronger japan came with a lifelong ambition to amend the countrys pacifist constitution which bars it from hostile acts except in selfdefense many japanese opposes constitutional changes but he did manage to repeatedly win elections as a result of the stability that he brought the fact that hes won 6 National Elections and basically been unopposed and really has shown no sign of losing his power really up until now and it is a year that japan has been well governed has been predictably and consistently govern for that period and he has managed to translate that into a much more visible role for japan in asia and globally our base trend in security entry ties with the u. S. Making japan one of its closest allies. And despite total disputes he warmed up to regional superpower china and japans wartime legacy led to renewed friction with south korea causing their worst diplomatic and create dispute for decades. The 27 earthquake tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear disaster was a further test of his leadership another came in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic scuttled his plans to showcase japan on the world stage by hosting the tokyo summer olympics the worlds 3rd largest economy already on the slide since 20 teen slumped to a record low and now with obvious resignation many are concerned about what the future holds for a country long used to stability practical aljazeera. Well ill just say as far as salami is and talk you are inside the Prime Ministers office and he joins us now just how much of a shock is this announcement and has there been any initial reaction from the public. Well i have spoke with several people here on the street after the announcement of his that is going to. Get mixed reactions some people showed gratitude and appreciation to his insurance of his in during all this years and specially after the bundle getting the last few months it was very stressful for everyone and especially for him after all this is and he went on for several reasons one of them is his handling of the procedures against the pandemic and also about issues other people express their relief and if you can hear the music in the background this is some people are. Using that to. Announce their happiness if i may say to that is eventually he has been ruling. He has been in his position now for 8 years hes the longest serving Prime Minister. Some of his policies is that where they were active during his video where very controversial especially. Those on sending this said Defense Forces some people also criticize him for his handling some scandals. Handling that pandemic so youre getting were getting mixed reactions in the street when you mention the pandemic there this is possibly the worst time that a Prime Minister could stand in the middle of this pandemic what sort of impact say this resignation is going to have on japan. When many are introspecting like a big effect on the procedures already the government has been under fire for its reaction to the banda ache and especially. Who is. Heading committee consisting of medical experts and top government officials they are the one who are handling the pandemic but. The way its going the way this has been going it hasnt shown any positive effect on the pandemic now the numbers are increasing again especially in tokyo and decision to allow for a campaign to let people use government subside 3 to travel around the country also draw much criticism so even if even feel leaves is going to leave this legacy we could say to his successor on tuesday a Democratic Party the government the governing party is going to help its going to hold elections and its going to. Present the new Prime Minister and many would like to say that the new person new. Refused to know in a minute or mention his name many expect that hes going to inherit all this burden all this controversy regarding the governments the procedures to whats going on and so were looking now for a few days or maybe a few months off them all before we can see who is going to head the country and into which direction ok fadi salami there live for us in tokyo thank you very much indeed lets get more on the the legacy that sheens i believe says country to say gee ro. Hes professor at the school of management at the university of shizuka joins us now on skype good to have you with us on the aljazeera news are we heard there that there has been fairly mixed reactions from the japanese public to shoes or are standing dane what would you say the legacy he leaves behind a is and will it be broadly welcomed by the japanese people. Well his popularity has been waning here just reported because the coronavirus but lets be fair i think he did a wonderful job after the d. P. J which almost into a blink of mess and in that sense his 3 arrows which the 3rd one hasnt really been enacted you know at least his 1st 2 are all work and rejuvenating japanese exporters which i think was a wonderful thing to do many crude his criticism always talks about you know 3rd our own not realizing but the Structure Transformation and that takes a long time so i think you know a validation of mr i would have been a bit too harsh and unfair i think i think he did a pretty good job or else he wouldnt be a premise for a couple of years. There is a lot of focus on his longevity the longest serving Prime Minister but he was a transformative Prime Minister not just in terms of the economy but also in terms of defense in the japanese military. Constitution wise yes thats one of the Harsh Criticism that hes receiving because most japanese want to make sure the sustained the 9th amendment which is basically japan declaring. Not declaring war to anybody but its becoming very tricky now because the japan aggression from china very Strong Political movement as you can see by the chinese. In the past few years especially recently after the current vs book out its very clear that japan cant keep you know its current status in order to protect itself and also the ambiguity of the u. S. Course we have to wait until november but you know in the past 4 years there has been a crumbling of western alliances which japan into a very tricky position as for security reasons or now in terms of of who follows and i base footsteps it is a very difficult brief that they are going to see inherits it do you see as being likely to replace shinzo abyei and are they likely to continue on the same path to continue implementing the foreign polish say the coast situational policies that shinzo ip has made into finding fink cheryl fans of his tenure. Well names like issue of us who used to be his arch rival 8 years ago in secret former secretary general of the and sue kong mr you know he should all these names you know the major names have been revealed but i think it would have to basically alter the strategy that mr abbate because obviously for example our immigration policy is not really good enough to cope with our aging population and you know continuous support of the economy and also a debt problem or we have to really turn around her situation because we are the most indebted nation in almost always nations and even though not you 4 percent of deaths its because you have within we have to at least be shown to be altering the course of this especially after the mounting debt that this you know corner of our system itself of it you know they would not be able i think to sustain the same type of a strategy it would have to alter it to a little more of what i would call a bit of a painful policy which has to be imposed on the japanese public unfortunately ok i think you know great to get your thoughts thank you so much for bringing your analysis tel to syria. Theres lots more still to come on the news hour including. Nato and poland tell russias president Vladimir Putin to stay ice of belarus is political conflict. But mali as i said president no a free man west African Leaders prepared to hold a new round of talks over the countrys future. And the n. H. L. Playoffs are on ice sell the details coming up for you the sports. He is President Donald Trump has formally accepted the republican partys nomination for a 2nd term he says novembers election will be a choice between saving the American Dream or allowing the socialist agenda to destroy its own White House CorrespondentKimberly Hall kets has more. Never in modern history has a sitting President Campaign from the white house a political symbol that supposed to be for all americans i profoundly accept this nomination for president of the United States. Joe but donald trump has again broken with precedent as he accepted the republican partys nomination and attacked his democratic rival joe biden this is the most important election in the history of our country. Spoke for more than an hour painting at apocalyptic picture of a biden presidency he told voters his opponent was campaigning as a democrat but would assure in an ideology much further left than any other liberal candidate your vote will decide whether we protect law abiding americans or whether we give free rein. Too violent and our kids and agitators and criminals who threaten our citizens trump how did what he saw as some of his administration successes in Foreign Policy i could not sit by. As career politicians let other countries take advantage of us on trade borders Foreign Policy and National Defense a domestic policy even as trump is scored low marks from American Voters for his Pandemic Response with more than 180000 americans dead trump argued biden will not make things better instead of following the science joe biden wants to inflict a painful shutdown on the entire country his shutdown would inflict unthinkable and lasting harm on our nations childrens families and citizens of all backgrounds as he spoke with more than a 1000 guests most of them not wearing a mask sat shoulder to shoulder ignoring the white houses own social distancing guidelines earlier in the day democratic Vice President ial nominee Camila Harris hit back charging trump didnt do enough in the early days of the pandemic to protect americans all we needed was a competent president one who was willing to listen willing to lead take responsibility have a plan do their job. Paris also accused trump of stoking racial divisions absent from trumps speech was any mention of jacob blake the man shot in the back last weekend of wisconsin by a white Police Officer even though the incident has caused nights of protests and the shutdown of the countrys biggest sports leagues and in true trump fashion his speech and the convention ended literally with a bang. But in an attempt to drown out the festivities protesters marched through the streets around the white house demanding justice and vowing to do all they could to prevent trumps reelection but donald trump is undeterred by the push back in an effort to build momentum following his acceptance speech he is immediately hitting the campaign trail friday hell travel to the u. S. State of New Hampshire to hold his 1st political rally since the Republican National convention can really help at aljazeera the White House Well ask more on this now were joined by joseph euro hes an associate professor of Political Science at texas a and m. University and joining us by skype from doha goods have you with donald trump of the republicans went into this convention with some pretty troubling pool numbers they had a lot riding on it did trump to enough in the speech to win back the republicans on the women who deserted the party. Historically the major parties conventions are when ordinary americans start to tune into the election i know it seems like that campaign has been going on forever for those of us who pay close attention to politics but ordinary folks tend to dial into the election at the end of the summer and into the fall and so this is the 1st time that many of the people paid attention to the president s reelection message and you know i think the polls are going to get much much closer heading into election day because the president is doing the things he needs to do to signal to wavering Republican Voters that you know the issues they care about are the things that use going to continue to try to govern on him and his 2nd term if he gets one its things like the economy or its the voiding the policies of the Democratic Party characterizes socialism crime law and order or traditional republican menu or a litany of policy positions that animate its core supporters and anyone who has been watching the speeches in the run up to this will be a no a day that was towards the core support says but are there still any undecideds forces left. Who are unclear about what you choose about this because he same thing. Yeah i think there are people who have you know in some sense not made up their mind only in that they havent really thought about the election yet i think there are most of the people who will eventually have the ballot in the election are people with a strong predisposition toward one party or the other and the dominant trend in american elections and Public Opinion over the last 40 years or so has been theres this pattern of partisan polarization where the the 2 parties are getting more separate ideologically and more a margin of internally and so there are people who lean republican and lean democrat who who have probably not really thought about the election yet but will ultimately make up their mind in line with their previous positions that we had towards the election so i think there are people who are nominally undecided but if we were to identify them one by one we could have a pretty good idea right now who they would eventually vote for and i think the election in 2020 will be very close in the same way that the election why they are in 26 and probably with democrats having an engine in the National Popular vote but a very close contest in critical say that by the Electoral College ok a close election indeed joseph here we are unfortunately out of time i think today its also thank you very much indeed and travis. Now the german chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded that beller is a sovereign c. Be respected and is urging dialogue is the best way forward she made the comment says a you Foreign Ministers who talks in berlin focusing on ties with russia and the meeting comes at a delicate time in europes relations with moscow as the e. U. Prepares sanctions against russias ally roosts ministers will also be addressing the blocks response to the corona virus pandemic lets get more from dominic came his life was in berlin. Dominic angle americal so holding a Media Conference was smaller shed been saying. Yes this is an annual summer News Co