Some voters who backed Abe's LDP also said the economy's health was their biggest concern. Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) fell one short of winning a simple majority, which would have increased its clout within the coalition. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition won a landslide victory on Sunday in an election for parliament's upper house, despite concerns about his economic policies and plans to revise the nation's post-war pacifist constitution for the first time. Abe's junior coalition partner, Komeito, fared well, winning 14 seats compared with nine before the election. Abe's coalition already has a super-majority in the lower house.

Source: CBC News July 11, 2016 01:41 UTC