Abe to be named new Japanese PM

After leading his conservative party to a landslide victory, Shinzo Abe stressed today that the road ahead will not be easy as he tries to revive Japan’s sputtering economy and bolster its national security.

The Liberal Democratic Party – which led Japan for most of the post-Second World War era until it was dumped as the economy fizzled in 2009 – won 294 seats in the 480-seat lower house of parliament in yesterday’s nationwide elections, according to media reports.