A candidate delivers a speech in Tokyo, where Gov. Yuriko Koike's Party of Hope has been flagging. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

Abe's coalition seen near supermajority in Japan election poll

Koike's Party of Hope sheds support as liberal rivals gain ground: Nikkei survey

October 20, 2017 04:43 JST

TOKYO -- As the campaign for Sunday's general election enters its final stretch, new polling shows Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition on track to win around 300 of the 465 seats in the Diet's lower house, while Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's upstart Party of Hope has lost much of its initial momentum.