Tokyo - Polls opened across Japan Sunday for what may be a history-making election, with a possible change in the government. Voting for the first House of Representatives election in five years continues until 8 pm (1100 GMT).
Based on pre-election opinion surveys, the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was expected to secure an overwhelming majority, capturing more than 300 seats in the 480-seat lower chamber of the government, while putting an end to more than 50 years of rein by Prime Minsiter Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party.
