Voting kicks off for Japan's general election on October 22. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal-Democratic Party may get a hard-won victory in the election. 

A voter casts her ballot in the general election at a polling station in Tokyo, Japan on October 22. 

A voter casts a vote in the general election at a polling station in Tokyo, Japan on October 22. 

Voters fill in their ballots in a general election at a polling station in Tokyo, Japan on October 22. (Photos: DFIC)