Japanese voters were voting on Sunday in elections to the upper house of parliament with the country still in shock from the assassination of its long-serving former prime minister, Shinzo Abe. According to pre-election polling, Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, together with its smaller coalition partner Komeito, can expect a clear victory. They currently hold a majority in the second chamber of parliament, as they do in the more powerful lower house. The 41-year-old man accused of killing Abe, who was gunned down during an election rally just two days b…