(10 Jul 2016) Japan's ruling coalition was a clear winner in Sunday's parliamentary elections, Japanese media exit polls indicated.
The result could pave the way for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to push ahead with his economic revival policies, but also possibly change the nation's postwar pacifist constitution.
Several major TV news shows and the Kyodo News agency reported almost as soon as voting ended that the ruling coalition, headed by Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, had kept its majority and increased its number of seats in the upper house of parliament.
The opposition lost many of its seats, they said, citing exit polls.
Abe showed up before TV cameras at party headquarters, all smiles, to pin red flowers, indicating confirmed wins, next to his candidates' names written on a big board.
Final results of the balloting aren't expected until early Monday.
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