Abe may well end up joining 'losing leaders' with election gamble

ELECTION outcomes are proving to be capable of producing shocks - witness, for example, Theresa May's effective defeat in the UK and Angela Merkel's setback in Germany. Japan could well be next to see its leader, Shinzo Abe, emerge from an election significantly weaker than he goes into it.

The chances of Mr Abe taking a drubbing appear quite high as he prepares to take his controlling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP…