您現在的位置: Language Tips> Audio & Video> Normal Speed News  
     





     
    Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to resign
    [ 2007-09-13 09:33 ]

    Download

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced his resignation after a year of missteps and scandals. The resignation is apparently an effort to prevent cancellation of Japan's non-combat role in Afghanistan. VOA's Naomi Martig reports from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong.

    After a very troubled year that saw Japan's ruling party embroiled in allegations of financial wrongdoings and scandals, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to call it quits.

    During a televised news conference, Mr. Abe says he is resigning because he believes Japan needs a new leader to fight against terrorism, and the country needs a new leader the people can support and trust.

    Last week, Mr. Abe said he would resign if lawmakers did not extend a Japanese naval mission in support of U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan. Japan's navy has been refueling coalition warships in the Indian Ocean since 2001.

    The law enabling that mission is set to expire November 1, and the opposition Democratic Party, which won control of the upper house of parliament in July, opposes an extension.

    The naval mission has been a priority for Mr. Abe since he came into office last September, along with boosting Japan's global influence and revising the country's pacifist constitution.

    Jeff Kingston is director of Asian studies at Temple University in Japan. Kingston says Mr. Abe's colleagues in the Liberal Democratic Party realized that the opposition's repeated calls for him to step down could make extending the naval mission very difficult.

    "So I think that the party elders realized, well, if there is any chance of reviving this legislation in some form or another, and to strike a deal with the opposition on extending this legislation, that Abe had to go," Kingston said.

    Yoshinori Suematsu, a member of the Democratic Party in Japan's lower house, says Mr. Abe's announcement was irresponsible, because just weeks ago he had refused to consider resigning.

    "Every member of the diet was really surprised by the sudden news," said Suematsu. "We are very much embarrassed by no clear reason stated by Prime Minister, Mr. Abe."

    Mr. Abe and the party received high popularity ratings at the beginning of the year. But the ratings have plummeted following a series of scandals.

    First, the government admitted it had mishandled thousands of pension records. Four cabinet ministers have since resigned following accusations of financial wrongdoing, and a fifth committed suicide just before being questioned in yet another financial scandal.

    Mr. Abe says he has instructed party leaders to search immediately for a new prime minister. Japanese media are reporting that a new election will be held on September 19th, and Taro Aso, secretary-general of the LDP, is considered a leading contender.

    Mr. Abe is the youngest Japanese leader in modern times and the first to be born after World War II. He was praised for his efforts to improve ties with China and South Korea, which were badly damaged during his predecessor's term.

    call it quits:停止做某事;此處指辭職

    點擊進入更多VOA常速

    (英語點津姍姍編輯)

     

     
     
    相關文章 Related Stories
     
             
     
     
     
     
     
             

     

     

     
     

    48小時內最熱門

         
      Lewis Hamilton 劉易斯?漢密爾頓
      “爽約”怎么說
      下午茶的起源
      全球變暖 海象“搬家”
      安妮斯頓獲封“封面王”

    本頻道最新推薦

         
      女孩的心思誰能猜:Suspended from class
      《說點什么吧》:Say something anyway
      Mountain and cowboy culture meet in Jackson Hole
      Livestock disease spreads in Britain
      Working magic in the garden with beans

    論壇熱貼

         
      “凈臉聯盟”兩周年——迎國慶特別活動啟動
      how to translate“三局兩勝”
      知青 農民工 怎么翻譯
      "魅力城市" 英文怎么說?
      請教:統一口徑的譯法
      Mountain Story 大山的故事






    日韩久久久久久中文人妻| 综合久久久久久中文字幕亚洲国产国产综合一区首 | 中文字幕一区二区三区5566| 无码人妻一区二区三区在线视频 | 日韩免费在线中文字幕| 国产 亚洲 中文在线 字幕| 国产AV无码专区亚洲A∨毛片| 在线精品无码字幕无码AV| 亚洲欧美日韩中文字幕一区二区| 久久久久久无码国产精品中文字幕| 无码专区永久免费AV网站| 国产高清中文欧美| 波多野结衣中文字幕在线| 中文国产成人精品久久亚洲精品AⅤ无码精品 | 一夲道DVD高清无码| 精品久久久久中文字幕日本 | 亚洲中文久久精品无码ww16| 国产成人AV无码精品| 亚洲日韩欧洲无码av夜夜摸| 中文字幕一区图| 中文字幕乱偷无码AV先锋| JLZZJLZZ亚洲乱熟无码| 国产在线无码不卡影视影院| 无码午夜成人1000部免费视频 | 亚洲精品人成无码中文毛片| 变态SM天堂无码专区| 国产精品ⅴ无码大片在线看| 精品无码一区二区三区亚洲桃色| 亚洲av日韩av无码| 亚洲VA中文字幕无码毛片| 亚洲国产精品无码久久久不卡 | 久久精品无码一区二区日韩AV | 波多野结衣中文字幕在线| 日韩电影免费在线观看中文字幕 | 中文字幕在线无码一区| 少妇无码太爽了不卡在线观看| 中文字幕日韩第十页在线观看| 欧洲精品无码一区二区三区在线播放| 欧美一级一区二区中文字幕| 最近中文2019字幕第二页| 亚洲精品无码乱码成人|