A girl casts her father's ballot for a national election at a polling station in Tokyo, Japan Oct 22, 2017. As voters went to the polls, powerful Typhoon Lan was dumping heavy rain on much of Japan, threatening to lower turnout. Abe's move had seemed risky after Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, often floated as a possible first Japanese female premier, launched her conservative Party of Hope. The Party of Hope absorbed a big chunk of the failed main opposition Democratic Party. Instead, he voted for the Japanese Communist Party, in part because of the cronyism scandals that had eroded Abe's ratings.

Source: bd News24 October 22, 2017 05:37 UTC