Polls open in Japan elections, amid record snowfall

Polls have opened in Japan in an election that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will allow her to push new conservative policies. Polls predict the election will hand Takaichi ?a resounding win, although record snowfall in parts of the country could keep many voters at home on Sunday. The conservative coalition of Takaichi, the nation’s first female leader, could win more ?than 300 of the 465 seats in the lower house of parliament, according to multiple opinion polls, a large gain from the 233 it is defending. If the coalition of Takaichi’s ?Liberal Democratic Party with the Japan Innovation Party,…