菅官房長官、安倍首相の健康不安説を否定

　菅義偉官房長官は４日の記者会見で、安倍晋三首相の健康不安説について「私は連日お会いしているが、淡々と職務に専念しており、全く問題ないと思っている」と否定した。首相は第１次政権末期に持病の潰瘍性大腸炎が悪化し、約１年で退陣した経緯がある。
　永田町では新型コロナウイルスへの対応が長期化し、豪雨災害も重なったため「首相が疲れている」との観測が出ている。４日発売の写真週刊誌「ＦＬＡＳＨ」は、首相が７月６日に首相官邸内の執務室で吐血していたとする情報を掲載した。（2020/08/04-12:25）

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday brushed aside concerns about the health of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
   "I see the prime minister every day, and I think he has no (health) problem at all as he has been carrying out his duties smoothly," Suga told a press conference.
   During his first tenure as prime minister, which started in late September 2006, Abe saw his chronic ulcerative colitis worsen and stepped down from the post a year later.
   Some in the Nagatacho political district in Tokyo speculate that Abe is exhausted as he continues leading the efforts in Japan's fight against the new coronavirus and in dealing with recent heavy rain disasters that hit many regions of the country.
   In its edition released Tuesday, Japanese weekly magazine Flash said that Abe vomited blood at the prime minister's office on July 6.