Japan election: How the elderly keep the ruling party in power

As Sunday’s polls approach, we look at why it is so difficult to defeat the ruling party. …

Japan is headed for a general election on Sunday which is widely expected to keep Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in power.

His party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has led Japan for most of the last 65 years.

Tokyo correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes explains how it manages to keep its grip on power.

Video by Jiro Akiba. Produced by Chika Nakayama.