当地时间28日，日本首相安倍晋三召开记者会，宣布正式辞去日本首相一职。
安倍在会上表示，因溃疡性大肠炎复发，无法做出正确政治判断，决定辞去首相一职。安倍在会上表示，从上个月中旬开始，自己就感到体力被耗尽，身体状况出现异常。对于辞职这一决定，安倍则表示，这对他来说就像一种“断肠之痛”。
Sources close to the Japanese Prime Minister say he plans to step down to deal with a health problem,according topublic broadcasterNHK.
据日本NHK报道，消息人士称日本首相安倍晋三因健康问题将辞职。
Shinzo Abe is scheduled to hold a news conference later in the day to explain his decision.
安倍将于28日晚些时候召开新闻发布会，对这一决定进行解释。
Abe has visited a hospital twiceover the past two weeks, fuelling speculation that his health has deteriorated.
过去两周内，安倍两进医院，引发外界对于其健康状况恶化的猜想。
一家杂志曾报道他7月份在首相办公室吐血，而自从8月17日安倍在医院呆了七个多小时后，外界就一直在猜测他的健康状况。
The 65-year-old president of theLiberal Democratic Partymade a series of hospital visits in August for what his aides called a "regularhealth checkup" andfollow-upsafter hewas reported as having vomited blood at the prime minister"s office in early July.
这位65岁的自民党领导人8月份多次入院看病，其助理称是“普通健康检查”和复查，7月初有报道称他在首相办公室吐血。
报道指出，安倍晋三在至首次担任首相期间，就曾因为一种名为溃疡性结肠炎的慢性疾病而突然辞职。
Abe is known to suffer from ulcerative colitis, a chronic condition that was partly responsible for forcing him out of office after just a year during his previous term as prime minister in .
ulcerative/ˈʌlsərətɪv/：溃疡性的
colitis/kəˈlaɪtɪs/：结肠炎
chronic/ˈkrɒnɪk/：慢性的
condition：疾病
安倍本月24日成为日本连续执政时间最长的首相。
Abe made his most recent hospital visit on the same day he became Japan’s longest-serving leader, breaking the record for consecutive days in office set by his great uncle, Eisaku Sato, half a century ago.
安倍最近一次去医院的当天，正是他成为日本任期最长首相的日子，他打破了半个世纪前，他的外叔公、前首相佐藤荣作连续执政天数的纪录。
安倍晋三1954年9月21日出生于日本东京都，1982年11月开始从政。9月，52岁的安倍当选自民党总裁，后被推选为日本首相，成为日本首位战后出生、战后最年轻的首相。但一年之后，安倍因个人健康原因辞去首相一职。一直到9月，安倍再次当选自民党总裁，成为首位回任的前自民党总裁。12月，自民党在众议院选举中大胜，安倍再次出任日本首相。此后，安倍先后在、连续当选自民党总裁，任期将持续至9月末。
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