TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's long-ruling party was on track to win a majority on its own in next week's election, media surveys showed on Sunday, the latest sign that his gamble on postal reform was paying off.
The surveys by four national newspapers, a metropolitan daily and Kyodo news agency also forecast Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, the New Komeito, would together win more than 252 seats in the 480-seat chamber.