China this summer launched five missiles into the sea close to Okinawa and within Japan's exclusive economic zone thesun theSundaily Japan Okinawa military threat defense government China
FILE PHOTO: Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki attends a news conference at at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan November 9, 2018. - REUTERSPIX: Voters in Okinawa are expected to re-elect their opposition-backed governor on Sunday, turning their backs on Japan’s central government and national ruling party despite being on the front lines should conflict with China erupt over Taiwan.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has pushed for increased defence spending to counter China, but media polls have shown voters likely to re-elect Denny Tamaki, who is supported by a broad coalition of opposition parties. Sakima favours the central government’s plan to move the base from a crowded urban area to Okinawa’s more remote Henoko district, while a third candidate, former national lawmaker Mikio Shimoji, wants it re-purposed as a shared military and commercial airport.
But with Okinawa’s economy hit hard by slumping tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic, Tamaki’s campaign is shifting attention to economic policies, which Sakima has long emphasised, and which could give him a slight boost.
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