Mr Abe has in the past month caught himself up in an uncalled-for furore by refusing to admit that the Japanese imperial army coerced Korean, Chinese and other women to work in brothels in the second world war.

• 上月，由于拒绝承认日本军队在第二次世界大战期间强迫韩国、中国、朝鲜等国的妇女充当慰安妇，安倍首相陷入了四面楚歌的境地。