Members of the Liberal Democratic Party cast their vote on Thursday in a vote that incumbent Prime Minister Shinzo Abe comfortably won.
Polls had shown the 63-year-old Abe would romp to victory against a former defense minister, Shigeru Ishiba.
However, the margin of Abe's victory has been seen as an indicator of how easy it might be for him to introduce reforms.
A total of 810 votes were up for grabs — half of them coming from the Liberal Democratic Party members of parliament, with the rest allocated according to the votes of rank-and-file party members.
Although voters view the economy and social security as their top priorities, Abe aims to use the vote to push his dream: the rewriting of Japan's post-World War II pacifist constitution.
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Japan's Shinzo Abe wins party backing as prime minister
Polls had shown the 63-year-old Abe would romp to victory against a former defense minister, Shigeru Ishiba.
However, the margin of Abe's victory has been seen as an indicator of how easy it might be for him to introduce reforms.
A total of 810 votes were up for grabs — half of them coming from the Liberal Democratic Party members of parliament, with the rest allocated according to the votes of rank-and-file party members.
Although voters view the economy and social security as their top priorities, Abe aims to use the vote to push his dream: the rewriting of Japan's post-World War II pacifist constitution.
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Japan's Shinzo Abe wins party backing as prime minister
