Japan’s LDP Reclaims Power in Landslide With Abe Stimulus
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Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory that returns it to power three years after surrendering a half-century grip on the government.
Shinzo Abe’s LDP yesterday captured 294 seats in the 480-member lower house of parliament, while Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s Democratic Party of Japan lost three-fourths of its lawmakers, according to public broadcaster NHK’s vote count. Abe, 58, is set to replace Noda, returning to the office he left five years ago for health reasons.