US President Barack Obama congratulated Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Shinzo Abe on his party's victory in Japan's parliamentary elections. "I look forward to working closely with the next government and the people of Japan on a range of important bilateral, regional and global issues," President Obama said Sunday in a statement. President Obama noted that the US-Japan alliance was the "cornerstone of peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific," according to a report of DPA.