TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks closed flat on Thursday, with traders taking Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s widely expected victory in the party leadership election in their stride. The Nikkei 225 index closed up just 0.01 percent or 2.41 points at 23,674.93, while the broader Topix index ended up 0.11 percent or 1.94 points at 1,787.60. The Nikkei index slipped briefly into negative territory after Abe’s comfortable victory was announced because there were “no fresh […]