Japanese companies overwhelmingly want Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition to stay in power in this Sunday's national election but about two-thirds want it to lose seats, a Reuters poll found.
The survey suggests corporations want political stability but don't want to hand Abe a landslide victory for fear he might become complacent about reviving the economy.
Many companies in the survey expressed concern that a big election win would encourage Abe to invest his energy in his long-held ambition to revise the pacifist Constitution, at the expense of economic policy.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.