Japan's former health minister and candidate of Tokyo gubernatorial election Yoichi Masuzoe waves to voters from a van, while campaigning for the February 9 vote in Tokyo January 23, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO (Reuters) - Voters in Japan's capital go to the polls on Sunday with a candidate backed by the ruling party likely to win the race to become governor, frustrating rivals' efforts to make the vote a referendum on the prime minister's pro-nuclear energy policy.
Media surveys have shown a former health minister, Yoichi Masuzoe, backed by ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), far ahead of ex-prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa, who has made opposition to nuclear power the top of his platform.
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