Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) gestures as he talks with ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers at the Lower House of the Parliament in Tokyo on Wednesday. (Reuters photo)TOKYO: Japan's Shinzo Abe was re-elected prime minister on Wednesday after his ruling bloc's big election win last month, and just a few days before US President Donald Trump begins a visit expected to be dominated by concerns over a volatile North Korea. Abe, 63, took office in December 2012 promising to reboot the stale economy and bolster defence. His Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition retained its two-thirds "super majority" in parliament's lower house in the Oct 22 election, re-energising his push to revise the post-war, pacifist constitution. President Trump is due to arrive in Tokyo on Sunday.

Source: Bangkok Post November 01, 2017 06:00 UTC