Analysis - Big poll win for Japan PM Abe's party could defeat bold economic reform


  • World
  • Thursday, 27 Jun 2013

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo June 26, 2013, to mark the end of the ordinary parliamentary session. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

TOKYO (Reuters) - Will the real Shinzo Abe please stand up?

Abe, back as Japan's premier in a rare second term, is expected to lead his ruling bloc to victory in a July upper house election, but what he will do with the mandate is a puzzle.

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