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Sep 15, 2026
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In the twenty eighteen election, forty-six percent of voters picked the military base issue, and thirty-four percent did so in twenty twenty-two.
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Exit polls over the years have also shown a decrease in voter opposition to the plan to relocate the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan to Nago's Henoko district, also in Okinawa Prefecture.
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In the latest election, which was conducted after the Supreme Court ruling in twenty twenty-five favored the central government's relocation plan, fifty percent of voters supported the move, outpacing the forty-four percent who opposed it.
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Tamaki had gained support from eighty percent of opponents of the relocation plan in each of the two previous elections.
Yamaguchi HiroakiHOST
The 42-year-old will become the prefecture's first governor born after the return of Okinawa from US rule in 1972.
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Koja accepts ongoing work to relocate the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station from Ginowan City to the Henoko area of Nago City.
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He also expressed his intention to ask the central government to realize an early return of land used by the base.
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Tamaki, on the other hand, opposed the relocation project.
James TenganHOST
The 42-year-old will be the prefecture's first governor born after the return of Okinawa from U.S. rule in 1972.
James TenganHOST
Koja accepts ongoing work to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station from Ginowan City to the Henoko area of Nago City.
James TenganHOST
He also expressed his intention to ask the central government to realize an early return of land used by the base.
James TenganHOST
Tamaki, on the other hand, opposed the relocation project.
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The election was primarily a race between Koja and Tamaki, despite an all-time high of six candidates.
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Tamaki, who had long opposed the US Futenma base's relocation to the Henoko district of Nago in the prefecture, was seeking his third term.
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The Supreme Court's 2025 ruling in support of the central government's relocation plan left Tamaki and the prefectural government with no legal means of blocking the move.
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As a result, the election debate was mainly focused on economic measures.
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Keiichi Inamine, who won in 2002, did support the relocation, but on the condition that the government adhere to a fifteen-year limit on base operations at Henoko.
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[Chime sound] Chubu Electric chiefs to resign over false data at nuclear plant.
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Nagoya Chubu Electric Power Company said September 14th its president and chairman will resign, and the company will withdraw an application to restart a nuclear plant after an investigation found years of seismic data manipulation.
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The investigative report, released the same day, found manipulation in at least two hundred eight of two hundred twenty-five earthquake assessments at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant in Shizuoka Prefecture.
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The election was primarily a race between Koja and Tamaki, despite an all-time high of six candidates.
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Tamaki, who had long opposed the US Futenma base's relocation to the Henoko district of Nago in the prefecture, was seeking his third term.
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The Supreme Court's 2025 ruling in support of the central government's relocation plan left Tamaki and the prefectural government with no legal means of blocking the move.
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As a result, the election debate was mainly focused on economic measures.
SethHOST
I didn't know that.
WrenHOST
On July 6th, 2022, Takahashi was found dead in the water 300 meters off the shore of Nago, Okinawa.
WrenHOST
What the fuck?
SethHOST
It's crazy.
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Gentacoja, 42, has consolidated support among LDP backers and was running strongly among younger voters, according to the survey.
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Denny Tamaki, 66, who is seeking a third term, retained support among older voters and opponents of the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan to the Henoko District in Nago, also in the prefecture, the survey showed.
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The survey was conducted jointly by the Asahi Shimbun, the Okinawa Times Company and Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Corporation on September 5 and 6 through telephone and online polling.
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The results showed that economic revitalization was the top voting issue, cited by 52% of respondents.
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Jenda Kocha, 42, has consolidated support among LDP backers and was running strongly among younger voters, according to the survey.
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Danny Tamaki, 66, who is seeking a third term, retained support among older voters and opponents of the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Kinowan to the Henoko District in Nago, also in the prefecture, the survey showed.
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The survey was conducted jointly by the Asahi Shimbun, the Okinawa Times Company and Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Corporation on September 5 and 6 through telephone and online polling.
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The results showed that economic revitalization was the top voting issue, cited by 52% of respondents.