December 24, 2014

"Shinzo Abe, who was re-elected as Japan's prime minister with a new mandate for another four years, vowed on Wednesday to push forward a controversial constitutional revision.

As president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Abe gained 328 of 470 votes during a prime minister election in the 475-seat lower house and also secured 135 votes in another post- election session in the 240-seat upper house.

Abe's LDP won a landslide victory in the general election on Dec. 14 after he called the snap vote last month due to sluggish economy growth data. Along with its junior partner the Komeito, the LDP-Komeito ruling coalition together garnered 326 seats in the powerful lower house and the bloc also maintains a majority in the upper house."

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