Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation announcement on Friday reverberated throughout the world.
After all, he had shepherded a stable Japanese government for the past eight years only to make a surprise announcement that he would be stepping down due to a resurgence of his ulcerative colitis.
Now, questions abound.
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