New governor vows all-out efforts to block base move within Okinawa

New Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki said Thursday he will dedicate all his strength to trying to block the Japan-U.S. plan to relocate a key American military facility within the southern island prefecture."With my whole mind and body, I will do my best to achieve the return (of the land occupied by) the Futenma base as early as possible and halt the construction of a new base in Henoko," Tamaki said in a press conference to mark the beginning of his four-year term.The radio personality-turned-politician won Sunday's gubernatorial election with a pledge to stop the controversial plan to move U.S.…READ FULL ARTICLE