Abe upper house election victory a danger to regional stability - Xinhua


SHANGHAI/TOKYO (Reuters) - China's official news agency said on Monday a win for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc in upper house elections posed a danger to regional stability, with lawmakers who favour revising the pacifist constitution holding a "super majority".

Commentaries by the Xinhua news agency are not formal government statements but often reflect official thinking in China, where memories of Japan's past militarism still spark outrage.

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