Investors are nervously training their sights on Japan’s general election Sunday, with the prospect of a surprise outcome creating choppy moves in recent days.
The nation’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is facing voters for the first time in about a decade without former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the fore.
The markets are uncertain what to expect from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, with the Topix down almost 2% since he was chosen as LDP leader. In the same period, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index advanced 1%.
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