Yoshihiko Noda

As mandated by the constitution, the parties now have 30 days to figure out a grouping that can govern

Pemimpin konservatif Jepun Shinzo Abe bakal dinobatkan sebagai Perdana Menteri Jepun selepas beliau dilihat lebih agresif memperjuangkan kestabilan ekonomi serta ketegasan diplomasi.

Japan's conservative leader Shinzo Abe is to be named as the country's new prime minister Wednesday, after he swept to power on a hawkish platform of getting tough on diplomacy

Voters dumped Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda three years after his Democratic Party of Japan promised a change from more than half a century of almost unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party.

Keputusan awal menunjukkan LDP mendapat mandat besar apabila berjaya meraih 300 daripada 480 kerusi dewan rendah yang dipertandingkan.

Prestasi buruk DPJ kali ini menyaksikan kehilangan lebih separuh kerusi parlimen apabila parti pembangkang Parti Demokratik Liberal menang antara 275 hingga 300 kerusi bagi 480 kerusi dewan rendah.

Media surveys show the Liberal Democratic Party on course for a convincing victory in the lower-house election.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was poised to dissolve Japan's parliament Friday with elections to be called next month.

Japan's central bank expanded a government bond-buying program acting to spur growth.

Japan's Cabinet approved a 423 billion yen economic stimulus package, moving to fend off recession.