A candidate opposed to the relocation of a US military base within Okinawa Prefecture, and wants a sharply reduced US presence in the region, won the Okinawa gubernatorial election on Sept. 30.
Denny Tamaki, 58, a former Lower House member of the Liberal Party, defeated three other candidates, including former Ginowan mayor Atsushi Sakima, 54, who was supported by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and other, smaller parties. Tamaki, the son of a Japanese woman and a US Marine, campaigned on a platform stressing the burdens placed on the region by the US military base there.
WHY WE SHOULD CARE:
Military observers and political leaders in both Japan and the US worry what signals a decreased presence in the region could send to China, North Korea, and others in the region.
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