Abe wins snap poll but Japan's problems remain
Only half of the eligible voters turned out in poll many didn't want.
Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe has gained an extra four-year term in a snap election in which only half of the eligible voters cast a ballot.
The result, a landslide win to the Liberal Democratic Party, was not a surprise. It now has nearly 300 seats in the parliament’s 475-seat lower house
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Nevil Gibson
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
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Abe wins snap poll but Japan's problems remain
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