TOKYO—A typhoon lashed Japan on Sunday, threatening to damp voter turnout for an election that is widely forecast to give Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a fresh mandate to pursue economic revival and bolster the nation’s military. Newspaper opinion polls point to Mr. Abe’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner winning a large majority in the more powerful lower house of parliament. Early indications of the results will come soon after voting closes at 8 p.m. local time.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 22, 2017 03:11 UTC