Power polls in Japan and Thailand

Braving the snow: A man walking past a board displaying posters of candidates for the House of Representatives election during a snowfall in Tokyo. — AFP

It was a big day for politics in Asia, with elections in both Japan and Thailand.

In Japan, voters cast their ballots in a parliamentary election predicted to hand Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a much bigger majority than the razor-thin one her conservative coalition had been defending.