TOKYO: Voting began Sunday in a mayoral election on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa which is being closely watched as a local verdict on the long-stalled and controversial relocation of a US military base.
The race to elect the mayor of Nago City—where the US Marines’ Futenma Air Station is set to be relocated—pits incumbent and anti-base Susumu Inamine against Bunshin Suematsu, who supports the move.
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