BREAKING NEWS: Prime Minister Gemba Found Dead The Sanese prime minister, Sasuke Gemba, 57, was found dead in the Prime Minister's office Monday Night, according to official sources.
The leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had not been seen in public for several weeks. The broadcast said Gemba died just before midnight on Monday after hanging himself inside the office bathroom.
The most recent images of Gemba aired had shown him noticeably depressed and stressed.
The country's deputy prime minister and Infrastructure Minister, Toshiro Kurosawa, is said to be taking charge of the cabinet. At 27, he will soon become the youngest Prime Minister of Okaiken.
"Prime Minister Gemba suddenly passed away last night. Gemba, out of an apparent depression, hanged himself in the Office of the Prime Minister at around 10:40 in the evening." OCTV television said.
Born in 1955, Gemba was the Foreign Minister under Tadagutsu Jobei's 2006-2012 Term and took over the Prime Minister's office after Jobei Resigned.
Gemba grew up in the town of Kawataka, where his father, then Mayor Koshiro Gemba, governed the town for 30 years. He was the mayor of the town from 1997 to 2007 when he moved to Okashi to accept his appointment of being the foreign Minister. He is survived by Okuni Gemba and 2 children.
OCTV said funeral arrangements would be announced soon.