TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has claimed victory in weekend elections, giving a boost to his long-cherished desire to water down the country’s pacifist constitution.
Voters backed the hawkish Premier, despite a lackluster economic performance, handing his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its allies control of more than half of the Upper House of Parliament.
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