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Okinawa vote hampers US plans to expand military presence in Japan
As military tensions rise between Japan, the US and China, the re-election of Denny Tamaki marks the third consecutive election in Okinawa where an anti-US base candidate has won with a clear majority, reports PEOPLE'S DISPATCH
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, who is backed by opposition parties, speaks to media after the gubernatorial election, in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022.
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IN A major setback to plans for expanding the US military presence in Japan, Denny Tamaki, the anti-US base governor of Okinawa, has won a second term in office, continuing his platform against US military bases in the prefecture.
In the gubernatorial election held on September 11, Tamaki won with a clear majority by defeating Atsushi Sakima of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Japan’s centre-right ruling party.
As per the final results, Tamaki, supported by a coalition of opposition groups and local movements, secured 339,767 votes, nearly 51 per cent of the total votes polled. Tamaki defeated his nearest rival Sakima for the second time, with a margin of nearly 10 per cent.
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