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Japan 2014 election
Topic Started: Dec 8 2014, 12:37 PM (116 Views)
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Japan PM Abe's LDP on track for landslide in December 14 vote: media

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party is on track for a landslide victory in a Dec. 14 election and could take a two-thirds majority in the lower house of parliament even without its coalition partner, a media projection showed.

The result of the survey by the Mainichi newspaper was similar to previous forecasts, suggesting prospects of a landslide has not caused voters to change their minds. Abe has dubbed the election a referendum on his reflationary policies.

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Not really surprising that Abe retained power...

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Japan’s Abe re-elected in low-turnout polls

Agence France-Presse 11:33 PM | Sunday, December 14th, 2014

OKYO–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won comfortable re-election Sunday in a snap poll he had billed as a referendum on his economic policies, but a record low voter turn-out threatened to cloud any mandate.

Despite only around half of voters casting a ballot, the conservative Abe claimed popular endorsement for his mix of nationalism and “Abenomics”–a signature plan to fix the country’s flaccid economy that enjoyed early success but faded into a recession.

“The ruling coalition has been given a majority,” Abe told a television interviewer. “We humbly want to meet the public’s expectations.”

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