Investors are nervously training their sights on Japan’s general election Sunday, with the prospect of a surprise outcome creating choppy moves in recent days.

The nation’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is facing voters for the first time in about a decade without former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the fore.

The markets are uncertain what to expect from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, with the Topix down almost 2% since he was chosen as LDP leader. In the same period, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index advanced 1%.