Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to drive through his economic reform plan after winning the general election, raising hopes a bill to legalise casinos may be back on the agenda.
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The LDP and its junior partner, the Komeito party, won 326 seats in the poll to maintain a two-thirds majority. That was unchanged from the coalition tally before the poll, although the LDP itself slipped slightly to 291 seats from 295. However, turnout was a record low.
The casino bill was put on hold indefinitely last month amid a political scandal that prompted Abe to dissolve parliament and call snap elections. Abe is a strong proponent of the bill as a key pillar in his plans to boost tourism revenue.
