Candidates backing Okinawa's governor, a staunch opponent of a key U.S military base relocation plan within the prefecture, failed to secure a majority in Sunday's local assembly election, in a blow to his struggling strategy to stop the project.The result came as the central government pushes ahead with its plan to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from a densely populated area in Ginowan to a new facility being built in a coastal area in Nago, both on Okinawa's main island.In January, the state started construction work on a part of the relocation site despite strong local opposi…READ FULL ARTICLE
