TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears poised to secure a fresh term at the helm of the world’s third-biggest economy Sunday, as he seeks a mandate for his nationalist agenda and hard-line stance on North Korea.

Pyongyang has vowed to “sink” Japan into the sea and fired missiles over northern Japanese islands, providing a tense backdrop to an election campaign that has also revolved around how to pep up the country’s once world-beating economy.

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