Voters in Japan head to the polls as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s coronavirus-battered party fights to save its majority in the lower house
Japanese voters have went to the polls to decide whether to endorse the conservative government of Fumio Kishida or weaken the new prime minister.
Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party has been battered by its perceived mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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