Abe is a STRONGMAN? Yeah, he's very good at rigging elections.
CAN ASIA HANDLE PARALLEL RISE OF STRONGMEN IN JAPAN AND CHINA? Wait...I only see one strongman, and it's definitely not puppet Abe.
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2117366/opinion-can-asia-handle-parallel-rise-strongmen-japan-and-china
Vote rigging is way too easy to do, US has done it before and Shinzo Abe is the major stock holder of voting machine manufacturer Musashi Engineering. So why not! I have spoken to a few Japanese people in the past and all of them hates Abe but they just didnt understand why Abe always wins. In the end I told them to remember Stalin's quote: 'Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.' You can find all the details in the following links. https://geopolitics.co/2015/05/10/japan-pm-shinzo-abe-charged-for-election-rigging-the-high-court/
If you still believe that these kind of fraud won't happen in Japan, pls go read some articles about Tepco, Takata, Olympus, Nissan, Daihatsu, Kobe Steel, Mitsubishi, Subaru etc..