Prime Minister Abe's Illness
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has had a chronic condition called ulcerative colitis since his teens. People with the disease suffer severe abdominal pain and persistent diarrhea, due to inflamed linings of the large intestine.
Abe first became prime minister in 2006 at age 52 -- the youngest in postwar Japan. But he left office after about one year as he began to suffer severe symptoms.
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