Shinzo Abe looks set to be reappointed as prime minister five years after he resigned The conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Shinzo Abe has won the Japanese election, exit polls predict. The LDP, which enjoyed almost 50 years of unbroken rule until 2009, is projected to have an overall majority in the new parliament. Mr Abe has already served a Japan's Prime Minister between 2006 and 2