Linda Sieg: Abe's Ruling Bloc Wins Upper House Election
Linda Sieg:
Abe's Ruling Bloc Wins Upper House Election: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc won a decisive victory in an upper house election on Sunday, cementing his grip on power and setting the stage for Japan's first stable government since the charismatic Junichiro Koizumi left office in 2006. The victory gives the hawkish leader a stronger mandate for his "Abenomics" recipe to revive the economy…
