安倍首相、「今年は大変な一年」

　冬休みに入っている安倍晋三首相は３０日、神奈川県茅ケ崎市のゴルフ場で古森重隆富士フイルムホールディングス会長や飯島彰己三井物産会長らとゴルフを楽しんだ。首相のラウンドは２日連続。今年はどんな一年だったか記者団に問われると、「大変な一年でした。ご苦労さまでした」と語った。（2019/12/30-11:51）

The ending year 2019 was a "tough year," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, now taking a year-end holiday, said Monday.
   "It was a tough year. Well done, everyone," Abe said in response to a request from reporters to look back on this year, while playing golf with Fujifilm Holdings Corp. Chairman Shigetaka Komori and Mitsui & Co. Chairman Masami Iijima in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.
   The prime minister did not specify what he had in mind by using the word "tough."
   Abe was possibly referring to severe typhoon disasters that hit Japan in the autumn and a series of scandals involving his administration, including favoritism allegations against himself over a publicly funded annual cherry blossom party that has been attended by many supporters of his.
   Following his year-end beak, which started on Saturday, Abe will attend the New Year greeting ceremony at the Imperial Palace on the first day of 2020.