Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, who strongly opposes the relocation of a U.S. base within the southern island prefecture, said Saturday he will run for a third term in the gubernatorial election in September.The Sept. 13 election will pit him against Genta Koja, a former deputy mayor of Naha who supports relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station. The central government is pushing to transfer the base from a crowded residential district in Ginowan to the less populated Henoko coastal area of Nago, both in Okinawa Prefecture."I absolutely cannot accept that the base would be a perma…READ FULL ARTICLE
