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The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its allies have retained their majority in Japan鈥檚 upper house. It will strengthen the current prime minister's ability to push though his key policies, including a doubling of defence spending.

William Pesek is a Tokyo-based journalist who writes opinion for Nikkei Asia and Forbes. He tells Newsday that Mr Abe 鈥渨as a rather polarising figure but I think certainly in terms of the manner of his death, has created a great deal of sympathy for his family and for his legacy.鈥�

(Picture: People pay their condolences to former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Credit: SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)