Japan's Ruling Coalition Wins Election

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition has won a landslide victory in lower house snap elections, despite a low voter turnout. Exit polls show the conservative Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner, Komeito, winning more than 310 seats in the 475-member lower house. Abe called the election two years early to obtain a fresh mandate for his "Abenomics" strategy of fiscal stimulus and structural reforms. "Abenomics is still on its half way....

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