Polls have closed in Japan’s general election seen as a test for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his long-ruling conservative party, which has been battered by its perceived mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Up for grabs in Sunday’s vote are 465 seats in the lower house, the more powerful of the two-chamber Japanese Diet, or parliament.
Polling stations were closed in the country at 8 pm. The election turnout was 31.64% per the 6 pm data.
