Hot on the heels of election victory, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes clear reform is top of his agenda.<br/> <br />He told this news conference on Monday his government needs to speed up the pace of reform, or risk losing public support.<br/> <br />Voters want ''economic recovery that they can actually feel," he said.<br/> <br />His coalition's strong showing in Sunday's Upper House vote validates the PM's drive to revive the stagnant economy.<br/> <br />Analysts say Abe needs the strong mandate on economic growth to achieve his long-term goal of constitutional reform.<br/> <br />But revising the pacifist post-war constitution risks angering regional heavyweight China.<br/> <br />Tokyo is already engaged in tense territorial rows with Beijing, and if Japan is to benefit from growth in emerging Asia, diplomatic caution is vital.
