Abe coalition secures big Japan election win with record low turnout

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TOKYO, Safar 22, 1436, Dec 14, 2014, SPA -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition cruised to a big election win on Sunday, ensuring he will stick to reflationary economic policies and a muscular security stance, but record low turnout pointed to broad dissatisfaction with his performance, Reuters reported. NHK public TV said Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and junior partner the Komeito party were assured more than the 317 seats in the 475-member lower house required to maintain a two-thirds "super-majority" that smoothes parliamentary business. But the LDP was set to fall slightly short of the 295 it held before the poll, NHK figures showed. "I believe the public approved of two years of our 'Abenomics' policies," Abe said in a televised interview. "But that doesn't mean we can be complacent." -- SPA 20:37 LOCAL TIME 17:37 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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