Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leader and next Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a news conference at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo December 17, 2012. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's next prime minister, Shinzo Abe, buoyed by a landslide election victory, piled pressure on the central bank on Monday as it prepared for a policy meeting, saying voters had overwhelmingly backed his call for aggressive monetary stimulus.
Abe said once he formed his cabinet on December 26, he would instruct ministers to produce a joint statement with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) that will give it a 2 percent inflation target, double the current goal.
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