Bye war crime denier. Hello probably worse war crime denier. I like know shit about Japan's politics other than their Communist party are soc dems (wouldn't be able to exist otherwise) and the largest non ruling Communist party in East Asia, and Liberal Democrats are shit but always remain in power.
The future definitely will be interesting. I think the next guy will probably be more conservative, but I doubt he will have Abe's skill for holding the party together. Of course he'll probably have an easier job than Edano and the Constitutional Democrats will have reintegrating their erstwhile conservative splitters.