BEIJING -- Chinese news outlets swamped with stories on the Communist Party's twice-a-decade congress kept one eye on Japan's election, with at least one party mouthpiece warning of the implications of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory.
The state-owned Xinhua News Agency issued a brief report early Monday morning, simply noting that the coalition of Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and partner Komeito had won a majority exceeding two-thirds.