Voters wooed on eve of Japan poll

Candidates across Japan have made their last pitches to voters ahead of Sunday's election, which is expected to herald a rare change of power.

Most polls suggest the ruling Liberal Democratic Party will lose to the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, amid disaffection about the recession and high unemployment.

In this footage, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Taro Aso, make their final appeals to voters in street rallies.