Okinawa has handed a landslide victory to a conservative who accepts Tokyo’s plans for relocating a controversial US airbase – delivering a blow to 12 years of anti-base politics in Japan’s southernmost prefecture. Genta Koja’s victory on Sunday over two-term governor Denny Tamaki raised a question cutting to the heart of Okinawa’s post-war politics: is it finally starting to move...
Is Japan’s Okinawa finally moving past anti-base politics?
Okinawa has handed a landslide victory to a conservative who accepts Tokyo’s plans for relocating a controversial US air...
By Dhallo News · September 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM IST

Source: SCMP - World
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