TOKYO -- Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party and junior partner Komeito won a majority of the seats up for grabs in Sunday's upper house election, but the coalition and a conservative ally lost the two-thirds supermajority needed to move ahead with revising the constitution.
The victory gave a tailwind to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plans to raise the consumption tax, allowing him to focus on trade talks with the U.S., as well as a widening dispute with South Korea.
