Anti-U.S. base ex-lawmaker set to win Okinawa election

Former opposition lawmaker Denny Tamaki is set to defeat a candidate backed by the ruling coalition in the Okinawa gubernatorial election Sunday in which the central government's plan to relocate a U.S. base within the island prefecture was the main issue, according to Kyodo News projections.The victory of Tamaki, 58, over the former Ginowan mayor Atsushi Sakima, 54, will be a blow to the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who is pushing the controversial base transfer plan."I definitely support the prefecture's retraction of approval for landfill work (necessary for the U.S. base …READ FULL ARTICLE