Japanese stocks rise on Abe's landslide election victory

Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has won a large majority in Japan's House of Representatives (HoR) in Sunday's general election, bolstering Japanese equities on the prospect of more economic stimulus.

The result is expected to deliver little change in Abe's economic policy, but should ease the way for a mixture of monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and structural reform. Japan's upcoming election -...