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Japan's Okinawa Elects Governor Opposed to US Air Base

Residents of Japan's Okinawa on Sunday elected a governor opposed to relocating a controversial air base, home to a bulk of the U.S. military forces in the country, local news media reported. Kyodo news agency and other news media reported that exit poll projections showed former Mayor Takeshi Onaga was certain to defeat incumbent Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima, who was backed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party. Delays in relocating the U.S. Marines' Futenma...

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